The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) Drones in journalism had signaled a digital revolution that altered news reporting, intelligence gathering, and the management of journalistic information processing which epitomizes information communication technologies(ICTs) digital ascendancy. Considering the inherent benefits of IoT Drones as demonstrated by their widespread application, Drones can record and transmit live video to ground-based base stations, which is more specifically useful in journalism. In line with the spread of forensic modernity, the current study found that audiences that value the use of creative and interactive technology will perceive news media utilizing IoT Drones as more moral. In the analysis, a respectable percentage of respondents favored Drone use in journalism. The paper recommended that, the use of IoT Drone technology in objective and investigative journalism will solidify the digital forensics methodology, given the framework for approaches and advancements that should be considered when conducting Drone forensic investigations.
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The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) Drone technology has fundamentally changed how numerous difficult activities are approached in the commercial, recreational, and humanitarian sectors (Salaverría & de-Lima-Santos, 2020). Its rising use across industries is due to their adaptability, simplicity of use, and relative cost advantages. Due to the ostensible benefits they provide, the journalism industry is one that makes substantial use of IoT Drones for news and intelligence gathering purposes. IoT Drones are a type of infrastructure created to enable Internet-based communication and access between Drones and users, enabling users to perceive objects beyond their direct line of sight (Abdelmaboud, 2021). In actuality, Drones are quickly evolving into widely accessible commodities that enable any user to perform a variety of missions in regulated airspace by employing numerous Drones to fly in unison. The Drones have on-board components like processors, sensors, storage, cameras, and batteries that are made in large quantities occasioned by disruptive technology (Matthew, Kazaure, Onyebuchi, et al., 2021), (Taiwo et al., 2022). In addition to providing Drones with smoothly scalable offloading and remote cloud storage capabilities, IoT also offers the Drones cloud mobility features to enable remote access and control. When approaching issues in digital journalism, intelligence and news gathering have advanced to the point where direct eyewitness and personal contact in reporting, specifically in the case of riotous events, war scenarios, environmental disasters, remote sensing, security surveillances, and several remarkable news events, may present an immeasurable journalistic endanger circumstances. In this scenario, IoT-enabled Drones operating in airspace are capable of carrying out a variety of crucial duties, especially when such jobs are prohibitively expensive, risky, or impossible for humans to carry out, while also giving aerial photographs and real-time footages of its surroundings. The current study looked into a number of IoT Drone advancements that journalists may use in their missions to gather news and intelligence with minimal human direct involvement.
The current research was driven by the need to enhance direct involvement and eyewitnesses, particularly in violent environments and fields where physical and direct human involvement would be impractical or would carry a significant risk of survivor expectations. On the account that IoT Drones could be operated remotely, journalists believe that using Drones to record video is a safer and more affordable choice, especially when covering stories that involve great risk (Marin & Krajčíková, 2016). To that effect, the current study examined the connections between interactive technologies for journalism innovation that technologists, researchers, and broadcasting organizations are thinking about implementing in broadcasting and intelligence collection in journalism (Wills, 2016). The authors made the case that the newest test of press freedom worldwide involves the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also referred to as IoT Drones (Diaz Linares, Pardo, Patch, Dehghantanha, & Choo, 2022). IoT Drone technology is advancing quickly, and their sales are rising rapidly all around the world. IoT Drones are being utilized more frequently in journalism because they allow for video capturing in hazardous or otherwise inaccessible locations as well as immediacy and eyewitness effects. Although IoT Drone laws and regulations are just starting to take effect, they already reflect the state of press freedom in the individual nations (Lauk, Uskali, Kuutti, & Hirvinen, 2016).