Graves-Sandriman Emma Kaylee
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
Public Underst Sci. 2025 Feb;34(2):204-221. doi: 10.1177/09636625241277446. Epub 2024 Sep 19.
This article examines fiction references in news coverage of extended reality. Based on a mixed methods analysis of 977 news articles from UK mainstream mass media outlets, this study found that fiction references were frequently used as framing devices within the news articles, with a focus on two franchises: original trilogy (1999-2003) and (1987-1994). These references were utilised in the following three key ways: claiming fiction is becoming real; as a tool to improve readers' understanding of extended reality; and, to a limited degree, to create dystopic visions of extended reality. Ultimately, this article shows that, despite the dystopic representations of extended reality in fiction, fiction references have primarily been used to portray extended reality as advanced and high-quality. This supports extended reality adoption and the commercial interests of technology companies, raising questions as to whether journalists prioritise the interests of their readers when creating such news.
本文研究了扩展现实新闻报道中的虚构作品引用。基于对英国主流大众媒体977篇新闻文章的混合方法分析，本研究发现虚构作品引用在新闻文章中经常被用作框架构建手段，主要集中在两个系列作品上：《黑客帝国》（1999 - 2003年）和《银翼杀手》（1987 - 1994年）。这些引用通过以下三种关键方式被使用：宣称虚构正在变为现实；作为提高读者对扩展现实理解的工具；以及在有限程度上，构建扩展现实的反乌托邦愿景。最终，本文表明，尽管虚构作品中对扩展现实有反乌托邦的呈现，但虚构作品引用主要被用来将扩展现实描绘为先进和高质量的。这有利于扩展现实的采用以及科技公司的商业利益，引发了关于记者在创作此类新闻时是否优先考虑读者利益的问题。
