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- Andersson, Ulrika, 1977
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Journalists´ opinions on audience-created content in online newspapers. A Swedish case study.
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Ingår i: Content, Channels and Audiences in the New Millennium: Interaction and Interrelations.. - Moscow : Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov MSU – MediaMir. - 9785211058736 ; , s. 104-115
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Focus on audience-created contents has increased rapidly over the past years in online news media all over the world. In Sweden most online newspapers offer their readers opportunities of participation, such as submitting comments on articles or uploading personal pictures and movies. Some engage readers to contribute to the newspaper through personal blogs, often tied to a certain subject such as being a part of a minority group or being a first-time parent. Others offer free blog portals for their readers to create their own blogs. Most newspapers encourage their readers to send pictures and information of occurrences that might be of interests for the news coverage. Editors-in-chief often see audience-created content as a way to strengthen the ties between the newspaper and the readers. They also stress the possible benefits of reader-created content as a way to complement the news coverage. But how do professional journalists view this increased focus on audience-created content? Do they also emphasise benefits of these kinds of contributions or do they tend to stress disadvantages of audience-created content? This article is concerned with a case study of Swedish newspaper journalists´ opinions on audience-created content. Based on a survey of Swedish newspaper journalists and editors-in-chief, conducted in 2008-2009, the results reveal quite some differences in opinions in this matter.
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- Andersson, Ulrika, 1977
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Köp mig!
- 2010
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Ingår i: Barn och unga i den digitala mediekulturen. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg. - 9789189471900 ; , s. 93-95
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Andersson, Ulrika, 1977
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Reader-Participation in Online Newspapers: An Asset or a Limitation, According to Professional Journalists?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Advances in Communication and Mass Media Research. - Athens : ATINER. - 9789606672958 ; , s. 11-22
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For the past years, focus on reader-participation in online news media has increased rapidly in post-industrial societies. Online newspapers offer their readers opportunities of participation, such as submitting comments on articles, or uploading personal pictures and movies. Some engage readers to contribute via personal blogs that are published as integrated part of the newspaper’s website. Most newspapers encourage readers to send pictures and information of occurrences that may be of interest for local as well as national news coverage. Newspaper managers often regard reader-participation as potential ways to strengthen the ties between journalists and readers, and also to strengthen the newspaper brand. In addition, reader-participation is stressed as one possibility to complement the news content, as readers may monitor areas that are usually not addressed in traditional news coverage. From this point of view, readers may help to improve journalism. But how do professional journalists perceive the focus on reader-participation? Do journalists also emphasise the beneficial parts of reader-participation, or do they stress more critical point of views in this sense? At what point are reader-contributions found to be an asset in journalistic work, and when do contributions from the audience start to intrude on professional integrity? Those are focal issues analyzed in this paper. Based on a survey of Swedish newspaper journalists – conducted in 2009 – the result revealed that journalists often found reader-participation to be benefitial for journalism, though also related with some drawbacks. The result were analyzed and explained in relation to organizational and professional theory of journalism.
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