Networked News Participation: Future Pathways
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Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1674 |
Resumo: | Civic participation in news production has been a trend under academic scrutiny for at least two decades. The prevalence of digital communication and the dominance of proprietary platforms are two combining forces that disrupt the established journalistic norms. In this article, we investigate news participation and make three grand statements regarding: 1) the holistic definition of participation, 2) the network structure of participation delineating the power dynamics of different media actors, and 3) the transnational context of participation exhibiting the structural constraints within nation-state sovereignty. It is our argument that news participation as a civic act in the digital, globalized age has not fundamentally democratized the information flow as early optimists predicted. Instead, a group of “information elite” have risen to power due to their access to institutional resources, their advantageous positioning in the media ecology, and their entrenchment in the dominant ideology. Participation on proprietary platforms can be easily co-opted to serve the interest of the new information elite. |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathwayscivic participation; news participation; participatory journalism; proprietary platforms; social mediaCivic participation in news production has been a trend under academic scrutiny for at least two decades. The prevalence of digital communication and the dominance of proprietary platforms are two combining forces that disrupt the established journalistic norms. In this article, we investigate news participation and make three grand statements regarding: 1) the holistic definition of participation, 2) the network structure of participation delineating the power dynamics of different media actors, and 3) the transnational context of participation exhibiting the structural constraints within nation-state sovereignty. It is our argument that news participation as a civic act in the digital, globalized age has not fundamentally democratized the information flow as early optimists predicted. Instead, a group of “information elite” have risen to power due to their access to institutional resources, their advantageous positioning in the media ecology, and their entrenchment in the dominant ideology. Participation on proprietary platforms can be easily co-opted to serve the interest of the new information elite.Cogitatio2018-11-08info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1674oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1674Media and Communication; Vol 6, No 4 (2018): News and Participation through and beyond Proprietary Platforms in an Age of Social Media; 91-1022183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1674https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1674https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1674/1674Copyright (c) 2018 Sue Robinson, Yidong Wanghttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRobinson, SueWang, Yidong2022-12-20T10:59:19Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1674Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:17.189619Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways Robinson, Sue civic participation; news participation; participatory journalism; proprietary platforms; social media |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways |
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Networked News Participation: Future Pathways |
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Robinson, Sue |
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Robinson, Sue Wang, Yidong |
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Wang, Yidong |
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Robinson, Sue Wang, Yidong |
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civic participation; news participation; participatory journalism; proprietary platforms; social media |
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civic participation; news participation; participatory journalism; proprietary platforms; social media |
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Civic participation in news production has been a trend under academic scrutiny for at least two decades. The prevalence of digital communication and the dominance of proprietary platforms are two combining forces that disrupt the established journalistic norms. In this article, we investigate news participation and make three grand statements regarding: 1) the holistic definition of participation, 2) the network structure of participation delineating the power dynamics of different media actors, and 3) the transnational context of participation exhibiting the structural constraints within nation-state sovereignty. It is our argument that news participation as a civic act in the digital, globalized age has not fundamentally democratized the information flow as early optimists predicted. Instead, a group of “information elite” have risen to power due to their access to institutional resources, their advantageous positioning in the media ecology, and their entrenchment in the dominant ideology. Participation on proprietary platforms can be easily co-opted to serve the interest of the new information elite. |
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