Back to the Future: Automation and the Transformation of Journalism Epistemology (in Slovene) / Nazaj v prihodnost: avtomatizacija in preobrazba novinarske epistemologije

The article stems from discussions on subjugating journalism to the capitalist imperative of ‘rationalisation’ of the labour process through technological innovations. A continuation of these tendencies is the gradual introduction of algorithms with the aim to supplement, enhance or replace journalistic work with technology. The apotheosis of this process is automated journalism, although it primarily supplements the established news production. Accompanying controversies raise challenging questions about what and how we know via journalism and how that knowledge is substantiated. In automated journalism, the construction of ‘objective’ facts and its language game depend not only on the combination of technology and human activity, but also on the separation of technological ’objectivity‘ and human subjectivity. The process of datafication of the facticity draws from the algorithmic judgment concentrated in the principle of legitimation through an instant and authoritative performance. In this respect, the historical principles of ‘objective’ journalism are being transformed