articleJournalism PracticeSep 2, 2008Closed access

PARTICIPATORY JOURNALISM PRACTICES IN THE MEDIA AND BEYOND

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Abstract

This article is a contribution to the debate on audience participation in online media with a twofold aim: (1) making conceptual sense of the phenomenon of participatory journalism in the framework of journalism research, and (2) determining the forms that it is taking in eight European countries and the United States. First, participatory journalism is considered in the context of the historical evolution of public communication. A methodological strategy for systematically analysing citizen participation opportunities in the media is then proposed and applied. A sample of 16 online newspapers offers preliminary data that suggest news organisations are interpreting online user participation mainly as an…

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Keywords
  • Citizen journalism
  • Journalism
  • Political science
  • Media studies
  • Social media
  • Sociology
  • Public relations
  • Law
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Peace, Justice and strong institutions
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