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Karlsson, Michael, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
Participatory journalism - the (r)evolution that wasn't. Content and user behavior in Sweden 2007-2013.
2015
Ingår i: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1083-6101. ; 20:3, s. 295-311
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
A contemporary debate in media studies concerns participation and empowerment, and to what extent digital media shift power to the citizens. This study assesses the long-term viability of participatory journalism using Swedish content and user data. Inclusion of comments and blog-links on news sites increased from 2007 to 2010, and decreased rather dramatically from 2011 onward. Posting user comments or writing blogs have never been activities that have appealed to a majority of the Swedes. Participatory journalism seems to have decreasing value to producers and little appeal to users. A shift in how power is distributed in the public sphere is absent. This is not primarily a problem of reluctant producers but, more importantly, a lack of interest from users.
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Karlsson, Michael, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
The public doesn’t miss the public. Views from the people : Why news by the people?
2018
Ingår i: Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. - : Sage Publications. - 1464-8849 .- 1741-3001. ; 19:5, s. 577-594
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
One of the main debates within journalism research during the last decade has been the role of citizens as contributors or, conversely, as threats to the practice of journalism. While participation has been explored from many different theoretical, empirical, and methodological perspectives, one perspective remains noticeably underexplored – the perspective of the citizens themselves. Using social contract theory as a backdrop, this study draws on a representative survey (N = 2091) and focus groups (N = 82) in Sweden. The results show that although citizens do not bring up participation as an important element of journalism, they become more skeptical the more participation affects journalism. Furthermore, they expect journalists to moderate citizen contributions according to established journalistic standards. From the perspective of social contract theory, participation in journalism appears to be more of a problem than a benefit to citizens.
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Larsson, Anders Olof, et al.
(författare)
Sampling liquid journalism
2016
Ingår i: Sage handbook of digital journalism. - London : Sage Publications. - 9781473906532 - 9781473957909 ; , s. 494-508
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat) abstract
The move to a variety of online environments has affected the ways in which journalism is produced, distributed, and consumed. Such transformations have had clear effects on journalism research. Specifically, these developments into what is sometimes labeled ‘liquid journalism’ have had repercussions for how scholars are able to access, accumulate, and analyze the online presences of, and traces made by, journalists and those citizens who consume their products.
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Cheruiyot, David, 1982-, et al.
(författare)
Transparency (in journalism)
2022
Ingår i: Sage Encyclopaedia of Journalism. - London : Sage Publications. - 9781544391199
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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Clerwall, Christer, 1973-, et al.
(författare)
Public Trust and Journalistic Transparency : An experimental study of disclosure and participatory effects in online news
2014
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
Media matter. Most citizens’ in contemporary democracies get their information about current affairs and politics through the media. Political communication studies have for long time analysed the interplay between media content and journalistic style and political attitudes and public trust in political institutions. This paper adds to this discussion by addressing another dimension: the possible impact of journalistic transparency – offered in online-journalism – on political trust.Methodologically, the study was based on a web-based experiment including 1,320 respondents. The treatment groups comprised the same version of an online news article with additional indicators for disclosure transparency and participatory transparency. The article covered a local political issue and politicians form both ruling and opposition political parties appeared in the text.The results indicate that transparency effects on political trust may be overestimated. This experimental study did not confirm any significant positive correlation between transparency and the public trust towards local politicians appearing in the news.
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Fast, Karin, et al.
(författare)
Metaphors of free labor : A typology of unpaid work in the media sector
2016
Ingår i: Media Culture and Society. - : Sage Publications. - 0163-4437 .- 1460-3675. ; 38:7, s. 963-978
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
Over the last decade, free labor has emerged as a key analytical tool for understanding new or semi-new forms of labor in the contemporary digital economy. This article critiques and develops this concept, with specific reference to work in the media industries, by presenting a historically grounded typology of free labor that also highlights some of the analytical problems with the current use of the concept. Our typology presents seven metaphors of free labor based on historical instances of roles people have taken on when performing unpaid labor: those of The Slave, The Carer, The Apprentice, The Prospector, The Hobbyist, The Volunteer, and The Patsy. A key conclusion is that free labor is performed by different actors at either end of increasingly complex and temporally stretched out value chains. This necessitates a more fine-grained and historicized use of the concept of free labor.
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Fast, Karin, et al.
(författare)
Metaphors of Free Labor : A Typology of Unpaid Work in the Media Sector
2015
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat) abstract
Over the last decade, free labor has emerged as a key analytical tool for understanding new or semi-new forms of labor in the contemporary digital economy. This paper critiques and develops this concept, with specific reference to work in the media industries, by presenting a historically grounded typology of free labor that also highlights some of the analytical problems with the current use of the concept. Our typology presents eight metaphors of free labor based on historical instances of roles people have taken on when performing unpaid labor: those of The Slave, The Carer, The Apprentice, The Prospector, The Hobbyist, The Volunteer, The Agent and The Patsy. A key conclusion is that free labor is performed by different actors at either end of increasingly complex and temporally stretched out value chains. This should motivate, or so we argue, a more fine-grained scholarly use of the concept of free labor.
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