Uses of blockchain in the field of journalism

Yehia Abdelmohdy Abdelmoaty, Hend

doi:10.21608/jkom.2021.195920

Uses of blockchain in the field of journalism " Vision for the future"

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Hend Yehia Abdelmohdy Abdelmoaty

Lecturer at the Department of Journalism The International Higher Institute for Media, El Shorouk Academy

10.21608/jkom.2021.195920

Abstract

The study discusses the uses of blockchain in the field of journalism in order to achieve decentralization as a reasonable alternative, and tries to find a safe way to save data and protect it from forgery and forgery in order to achieve freedom of expression and discuss the changes that this technology will bring to the world of journalism. The study population was represented by writers, journalists, programmers, and university professors from the faculties of engineering, computers and information, who had knowledge of blockchain technology. Using the in-depth interview with them, one of the most important results of the study: that the blockchain can be used in the field of journalism by verifying information, preventing counterfeiting, concealing the identity of the journalist, securing information, and helping journalists protect them from assassinations. Also, the proposed ways to urge the press institutions to use the blockchain technology in it is that we need support and funding from the state itself, and make propaganda about the blockchain by using a simplified explanation to the user, and persuading the press institutions by first introducing them to the rate of profit and loss, and the development of legislation for this technology. Blockchain technology is completely inexpensive because it is a site subscription only, and the mechanisms for financing media platforms for new media based on blockchain technology are the institutions themselves when they feel the importance of this technology, and the return will come from it, and in this way press institutions will seek to use it.

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^{(32 )} An in-depth interview was conducted with the following:

- Mohamed Hegazy Mohamed, assistant teacher of systems and information at the University of Technology in the Fifth Settlement, New Cairo, on February 29, 2020, from 2 pm - 3 pm. And on March 8, 2021 from 8 pm - 8:30 pm

- Abdel Latif Hussein, teacher in the Department of Computer Science at the Higher Institute of Computers and Information Technology, Al-Shorouk Academy, specialized in neural networks and computer vision, on 3/4/2021, from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM.

- Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Hussein El-Shafei, teacher at the Higher Institute of Engineering, Department of Communications and Computers (Al-Shorouk Academy), specialized in encryption and decryption, on 3/6/2021, from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

- Major General Dr. Engineer Tariq Salah Abdel Azim Al-Habyan, a teacher in the Computer Science Division at the Higher Institute of Computers and Information Technology, El-Shorouk Academy, and delegated at the Military Technical College, Computer Engineering and Information Technology, the Naval Academy, and MSA University, on 9/3/2021 from 8:00 p.m. 9:30pm

- Dr. Ihab Abu Bakr Mahmoud Al-Sahili, teacher in the Department of Electricity, Communications and Electronics Division, College of Engineering, British University, on March 10, 2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

- prof. Mohamed Abdel-Fattah Abu Rizqa, Dean of Computers and Information at the Naval Academy, on March 11, 2021 from 8:00-8:10 pm.

- Major General Dr. Engineer Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed, a teacher in the Computer Science Division at the Higher Institute of Computers and Information Technology, El Shorouk Academy, and Deputy Director of the Information and Systems Department in the Armed Forces, and a systems and information consultant, with a specialization in Computer Science Security , Operating system, Programmer, on 12/3/2021 From 2 pm - 3 pm.

- Ahmed Al-Amir, Undersecretary of Internet Administration at Akhbar Al-Youm Foundation (Akhbar Al-Youm electronic portal), on 12/3/2021 from 8 pm-9 pm.

- Dr. Muhammad Hussein, a teacher in the Department of Computer Science at the Higher Institute of Computers and Information Technology, Al-Shorouk Academy, on 3/13/2021 from 6pm-7pm.

- Gamal Ghaitas, journalistic writer at Al-Ahram Foundation and former editor-in-chief of Lughat Al-Asr magazine, on 3/15/2021 from 4pm-5:15pm.

- Wael Nabil Abdel Aziz, journalist and assistant deputy editor-in-chief of Akhbar Al-Youm portal, on March 15, 2021 from 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm.

- Mustafa El-Demerdash Mohamed, journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of the language of the era magazine at Al-Ahram Foundation, on March 15, 2021 from 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm.