The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news
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Resumo: | This article investigates the news industry’s perceptions of letters to the editor and online comments in the context of the digital world and of the challenges journalists face. Using a sample of 11 semistructured interviews with journalists and ombudsmen in Portugal, we analyse the news industry’s views on readers’ ability to comment on the news and on the industry’s possible contributions to creating critical and engaged publics. The interviewees express concern about harmful behaviours in online environments and point to differences in online and offline contexts of participation. The results, however, do not reveal a proactive attitude in the news industry as the news professionals focus on their daily work activities as a form of media education and argue that schools and the public, instead, should take the lead in these activities. To support their statements, the interviewees cite factors such as the possibilities of digital culture, the promotion of media education, the need to foster a reciprocal relation between learning and the existing forms of journalism newsroom culture. |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the newsLetters to the editorOnline commentsPortuguese online news mediaJournalism and democracyMedia educationDigital possibilitiesCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoThis article investigates the news industry’s perceptions of letters to the editor and online comments in the context of the digital world and of the challenges journalists face. Using a sample of 11 semistructured interviews with journalists and ombudsmen in Portugal, we analyse the news industry’s views on readers’ ability to comment on the news and on the industry’s possible contributions to creating critical and engaged publics. The interviewees express concern about harmful behaviours in online environments and point to differences in online and offline contexts of participation. The results, however, do not reveal a proactive attitude in the news industry as the news professionals focus on their daily work activities as a form of media education and argue that schools and the public, instead, should take the lead in these activities. To support their statements, the interviewees cite factors such as the possibilities of digital culture, the promotion of media education, the need to foster a reciprocal relation between learning and the existing forms of journalism newsroom culture.Aichi Science and Technology Foundationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionUniversidade da Beira Interior. Labcom.IFPUniversidade do MinhoBrites, Maria JoséSilva, Marisa Torres2017-122017-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/49886eng1646-49231646-497410.20287/ec.n25.v1.a08http://ojs.labcom-ifp.ubi.pt/index.php/ec/article/view/284/151info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:01:03Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49886Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:50:58.897321Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news Brites, Maria José Letters to the editor Online comments Portuguese online news media Journalism and democracy Media education Digital possibilities Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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The portuguese news industry’s perspectives and roles on the making of active citizens: readers’ skills to comment on the news |
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Brites, Maria José |
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Brites, Maria José Silva, Marisa Torres |
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Silva, Marisa Torres |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Brites, Maria José Silva, Marisa Torres |
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Letters to the editor Online comments Portuguese online news media Journalism and democracy Media education Digital possibilities Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação |
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Letters to the editor Online comments Portuguese online news media Journalism and democracy Media education Digital possibilities Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação |
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This article investigates the news industry’s perceptions of letters to the editor and online comments in the context of the digital world and of the challenges journalists face. Using a sample of 11 semistructured interviews with journalists and ombudsmen in Portugal, we analyse the news industry’s views on readers’ ability to comment on the news and on the industry’s possible contributions to creating critical and engaged publics. The interviewees express concern about harmful behaviours in online environments and point to differences in online and offline contexts of participation. The results, however, do not reveal a proactive attitude in the news industry as the news professionals focus on their daily work activities as a form of media education and argue that schools and the public, instead, should take the lead in these activities. To support their statements, the interviewees cite factors such as the possibilities of digital culture, the promotion of media education, the need to foster a reciprocal relation between learning and the existing forms of journalism newsroom culture. |
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