Technologies of participation: Community news and social media in Northern Sweden
This article explores how different meanings of ‘participation’ are developed in the intersection between local journalism and social media. The study is based on qualitative interviews with media professionals working in community media organisations in northern Sweden. Three key themes are identif...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1464884915599948 2023-05-15T17:44:22+02:00 Technologies of participation: Community news and social media in Northern Sweden Carlsson, Eric Nilsson, Bo 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884915599948 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1464884915599948 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1464884915599948 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journalism volume 17, issue 8, page 1113-1128 ISSN 1464-8849 1741-3001 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Communication journal-article 2016 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884915599948 2022-05-26T08:13:44Z This article explores how different meanings of ‘participation’ are developed in the intersection between local journalism and social media. The study is based on qualitative interviews with media professionals working in community media organisations in northern Sweden. Three key themes are identified: participation as marketisation, participation and production, and participation and democracy. This article discusses how these three different forms of participation contribute to the constitution of journalistic identities in a local context and to its meanings within the media sphere in general. This article argues that the emergence of new digital media has not so much renewed the role of the media professional as it has led to a cementing of their professional identity. Social media are a necessity for the development of journalism and are celebrated for their potential to include audiences; yet journalists paradoxically seem to consider these same technologies of participation as a threat, not only to journalism but also to democracy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Journalism 17 8 1113 1128 |
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This article explores how different meanings of ‘participation’ are developed in the intersection between local journalism and social media. The study is based on qualitative interviews with media professionals working in community media organisations in northern Sweden. Three key themes are identified: participation as marketisation, participation and production, and participation and democracy. This article discusses how these three different forms of participation contribute to the constitution of journalistic identities in a local context and to its meanings within the media sphere in general. This article argues that the emergence of new digital media has not so much renewed the role of the media professional as it has led to a cementing of their professional identity. Social media are a necessity for the development of journalism and are celebrated for their potential to include audiences; yet journalists paradoxically seem to consider these same technologies of participation as a threat, not only to journalism but also to democracy. |
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Technologies of participation: Community news and social media in Northern Sweden |
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