著者

善家 賢 髙田 彩子 松永 智子 山腰 修三

出版者

日本メディア学会

雑誌

メディア研究 (ISSN:27581047)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.103, pp.71-87, 2023-07-31 (Released:2023-10-24)

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In this interview, we asked Masaru Zenke and Ayako Takada about new tendencies on war reporting. Mr. Zenke has worked as a chief producer and Ms. Takada as a director on documentary production and investigative reporting at NHK. They have been working on investigative reporting about the repression of civilians by military in post-coup Myanmar. And in the process of reporting, they have used a digital research method called OSINT (Open Source Intelligence). OSINT became known with the work of "Internet detective" Bellingcat. Although both Mr. Zenke and Ms. Takada see OSINT’s impact on war reporting as positive, they position OSINT as a complement to traditional journalistic practices. In this interview, we also asked them about news coverage of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. While citizens are practicing OSINT in this war, the spread of disinformation and fake news has become a serious problem. They pointed that the possibilities for new digital media practices are expanding, but also recognized the difficulties of traditional war reporting have not been resolved. Through this interview, the various possibilities and difficulties that digital technologies bring to war reporting were revealed.