Democracy, participation and convergent media : case studies in contemporary online news journalism in Australia


Autoria(s): Flew, Terry
Data(s)

24/11/2009

Resumo

The shift from 20th century mass communications media towards convergent media and Web 2.0 has raised the possibility of a renaissance of the public sphere, based around citizen journalism and participatory media culture. This paper will evaluate such claims both conceptually and empirically. At a conceptual level, it is noted that the question of whether media democratization is occurring depends in part upon how democracy is understood, with some critical differences in understandings of democracy, the public sphere and media citizenship. The empirical work in this paper draws upon various case studies of new developments in Australian media, including online- only newspapers, developments in public service media, and the rise of commercially based online alternative media. It is argued that participatory media culture is being expanded if understood in terms of media pluralism, but that implications for the public sphere depend in part upon how media democratization is defined.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39362/

Publicador

Network Insight Institute

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39362/1/c39362.pdf

http://www.apo.org.au/node/19820

Flew, Terry (2009) Democracy, participation and convergent media : case studies in contemporary online news journalism in Australia. In Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum 2009, Network Insight Institute , University of Technology, Sydney, pp. 68-87.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 Network Insight Pty Ltd

Fonte

ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative Industries Faculty; Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation; Journalism, Media & Communication

Palavras-Chave #200100 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES #media #citizenship #participation #Internet #citizen journalism #public service media
Tipo

Conference Paper