Covering Extended Reality Technologies in the Media (Routledge Research in Journalism)

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
	Note
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
	Areas of Contribution
	Defining “News”
	Defining “Extended Reality Technologies”
	Why Media Discourse?
	Why Extended Reality?
	Analysing Media Coverage of Extended Reality
	Underpinning Theoretical Models
	Book Structure
	References
2 Extended Reality Technologies: History and Context
	History
	State of the Industry
	Immersion and Presence
	Benefits of XR
	Concerns and Ethics
	Moral Panics
	References
3 An Overview of XR News Coverage
	Attention Varies By News Outlet, Year and Technology
	Products and Applications as Key Topics
	An Entertainment Technology
	The Influence of XR Creators
	Native Advertising
	Commercial Pressures and Journalistic Integrity
	References
4 Framing the Characteristics of XR: Immersion and Transcendence
	Immersive
	Transcendent
	Promotional News
	References
5 Framing XR as an Innovation: Newness and Quality
	Different and Unique
	Revolutionary and Transformative
	Advanced and High-Quality
	References
6 Framing a Satisfying User Experience
	Social
	Easy to Use
	Comfortable
	Marketing Influence On News Discourse
	References
7 Evaluative Framing of XR
	Important
	Successful
	Affordable
	Much-Anticipated
	Positive Framing of Extended Reality
		Positive and Negative Discourse
		Attention to Concerns and Ailments
	References
8 Conclusion
	Key Findings
		Favourable Framing of XR
		Reinforcing Promotional Frames
		XR Companies as Frame Advocates
		News Promotes the Diffusion of XR
	From “Better Than Life” to News as a Promotional Tool
	Recent Developments and Future Research
	A Model of Frame Categories for Researching Emerging Technologies
	Final Remarks
	References
Appendices
	Appendix 1 Main Topic of Articles
	Appendix 2 Applications
	Appendix 3 Quotes and Paraphrased Statements
	Appendix 4 Multimedia Attribution
	Appendix 5 Word Usage in All Categories
	Appendix 6 Word Usage Over Time
	Appendix 7 Comparing Word Usage in VR and AR/MR News Articles
Index