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Discussing the News: The Uneasy Alliance of Participatory Journalists and the Critical Public
Simon Smith
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Description for Discussing the News: The Uneasy Alliance of Participatory Journalists and the Critical Public
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 151 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 2 colour. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines two new roles that journalists assume in a participatory media environment – the administration (moderation) of online discussion and the monitoring of and engagement in comments below their articles. The author argues that it is precisely because both roles are treated as peripheral and undignified in newsrooms that they are so revealing, following the maxim: to make sense of what professions are and where they are heading, look at their boundaries and their dirty work. Based on a three-year ethnographic study, it offers key insights about the role of the media as democratic intermediaries in political participation, ... Read more
This book examines two new roles that journalists assume in a participatory media environment – the administration (moderation) of online discussion and the monitoring of and engagement in comments below their articles. The author argues that it is precisely because both roles are treated as peripheral and undignified in newsrooms that they are so revealing, following the maxim: to make sense of what professions are and where they are heading, look at their boundaries and their dirty work. Based on a three-year ethnographic study, it offers key insights about the role of the media as democratic intermediaries in political participation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
151
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
151
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319529646
SKU
V9783319529646
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About Simon Smith
Simon Smith is a Researcher at the Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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