245 results on '"*CITIZEN journalism"'
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2. NEW MEDIA: ANYONE, ANYWHERE & ANYTIME.
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MUNTENIȚĂ, Raluca
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POLARIZATION (Social sciences) ,INTERNET forums ,SELECTIVE exposure ,SEARCH engines ,SOCIAL networks ,BLOGS - Abstract
In its processes of creating and disseminating news, the media aims to satisfy the public's needs for information and knowledge as well as entertainment. Beyond the traditional publication of news via traditional media such as print, radio or television, the new trend is accessing news online. Blogs, forums, social networks and search engines are all environments in which information is becoming increasingly visible, increasingly accessed and increasingly read. Warts and all: these means are defined by a series of characteristics, but they also conceal certain dangers: ideological polarization, filter bubbles, selective exposure etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
3. deplatforming blues.
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uscola, colter j.
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SOCIAL media ,ONLINE social networks ,BLOGGERS ,BLOGS ,CITIZEN journalism - Published
- 2024
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4. Blogging as Digital Citizen Participation: The Case of the Malagasy Diaspora.
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Andrianimanana, Fortunat Miarintsoa and Roca-Cuberes, Carles
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BLOGS ,POLITICAL participation ,DIASPORA ,POLITICAL science ,THEMATIC analysis ,BLOGGERS - Abstract
This article analyses the political blogging of the Malagasy diaspora as part of their transnational political participation. It focuses on three aspects of the blogs: the most frequent topics addressed, how are the topics addressed, and the political bloggers. To do this, a Thematic Content Analysis based on four categories ('soapboxes', 'transmission belts', 'conversation starters' and 'mobilisers') of four of their most active and influential political blogs was conducted. The analysis revealed that (i) the blogs are mostly "soapboxes" that consist of commenting the political issues in Madagascar, (ii) their contents were mostly focused on the coup d' état in 2009, and (iii) the bloggers are involved in direct political participation in parallel offline. This paper shows the role of the studied blogs as tribunes of opinions that gather a partisan audience discussing the Malagasy political issues, and as judgment tools contributing to the braking or fuelling of Madagascar's international relations. Résumé: Cet article analyse les quatre blogs politiques les plus actifs et influents de la diaspora malgache comme une forme de participation politique transnationale. Centré sur les sujets les plus fréquemment abordés, la manière dont ils sont abordés et le profil des blogueurs, une Analyse de Contenu Thématique basée sur quatre catégories (« tribunes », « courroies de transmission », « initiateurs de conversation » et « mobilisateurs ») a été menée. L' analyse a révélé que (i) les blogs sont majoritairement des « tribunes » consistant à commenter les questions politiques malgaches, (ii) leur contenu est principalement axé sur le coup d' État de 2009, et (iii) les blogueurs sont aussi impliqués dans une participation politique directe hors ligne. Cet article montre le rôle des blogs étudiés comme tribunes d' opinions rassemblant une audience partisane discutant des enjeux politiques malgaches, et comme outils de jugement contribuant à freiner ou alimenter les relations internationales malgaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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5. Blogger or Journalist? Evaluating What Is the Press in the Digital Age
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Tracy Brown and Tracy Brown
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- Online journalism, Citizen journalism, Journalism--Objectivity, Blogs, Social media
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The rise of the Internet has brought with it many changes to our culture. It has widened the span of communication. Readers explore the still very new world of citizen journalism that has developed with people's ability to report news in an instant. Questions such as what defines a journalist, how can a regular citizen gain the necessary credibility to report the news, and more are answered.
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- 2013
6. Source, Please? A Content Analysis of Links Posted in Discussions of Public Affairs on Reddit.
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CONTENT analysis ,INFORMATION sharing ,JOURNALISM ,BLOGS - Abstract
It is axiomatic that a functional public sphere depends on quality information, and the traditional source of that information has been legacy news media, most particularly major metro newspapers. The ongoing contraction of the legacy media has led to concerns for the public sphere. Some theorists have placed hope in citizen journalism, including a kind of citizen journalism that takes place on social news sharing sites, as potentially filling some gaps left by shrinking public affairs journalism. However, little research has been done to investigate what citizens use as sources of information in discursive comment threads on social news sites. In this case study, I conduct a content analysis of links posted in discussions of local public affairs on Seattle's subreddit r/Seattle to see what information from Seattle's information ecology discussants are citing and re-posting. Findings show that Seattle Reddit users rely far more on alternative media sources and non-mediated sources, especially government sources, than they do on legacy media, but legacy media is still important in setting the conversation agenda. But Reddit users do not reproduce professional standards of journalism, and establish a limited conversation agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
7. The Blogfather : The Best of Iain Dale's Diary
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Iain Dale and Iain Dale
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- Blogs, Citizen journalism
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'Iain Dale's Diary caught the beginning of the great blog wave and rode it until Twitter became the dominant form of digital communication. Dale was key in transforming British political comment - melding political convictions, personal views, gossip and emotional honesty. His diary of the Westminster Village quickly built up hundreds of thousands of readers and became a must for those on the inside and those on the outside as well. Dale had something for everyone and not just political geeks: chance encounters, domestic dramas, the travails of supporting West Ham, and even the joys of walking the dog. We miss it. Read all about it in The Blogfather, an offer you shouldn't refuse.'- Adam Boulton
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- 2012
8. RELACIÓN ENTRE LA PARTICIPACIÓN EN FOROS Y BLOGS DE DEBATE POLÍTICO EN INTERNET Y EL SEGUIMIENTO DE INFORMACIÓN POLÍTICA EN MEDIOS PROFESIONALES: ANÁLISIS EVOLUTIVO 2011-2016.
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Castillo-Díaz, Ana and Castillo-Esparcia, Antonio
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Opportunities offered by information and communication technologies have allowed many people to become political content creators. Usually, the produced content is not based on information made by professionals. The objective of this work is to analyze the relation between the tracking of political information in professional media and the production of political content in non-professional media. The study performs a secondary analysis of the data obtained by applying the statistical method to surveys published by the Spanish Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas between 2011 and 2016. Results show that there is a strong relation between the participation in blogs and forums and the use of the Internet to become informed about politics. It is also observed that there exists an association between the creation of political content and the tracking of programmes about politics on press, radio and television. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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9. HER SPACE.
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Siklos, Richard
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BLOGS ,CITIZEN journalism ,NEWS websites ,MASS media industry - Abstract
The article discusses the influence of Arianna Huffington and her web site the Huffington Post on the development of online media content, social networking and the mass media. The web site has grown in influence and readership, and content includes posts from 1600 bloggers, including celebrities such as actor John Cusack and news anchor Brian Williams.
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- 2007
10. Weblogs versus Journalismus: Zwischen Konkurrenz und Komplementarität
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Stefanie Stradmann and Stefanie Stradmann
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- Citizen journalism, Blogs, Journalism
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Mit dem Aufkommen des Web 2.0 und seinen vielfältigen Publikationsmöglichkeiten, sind Journalisten längst nicht mehr als alleinige Gatekeeper zu betrachten, sondern stehen viel mehr einem Publikum gegenüber, welches eigenständig und individuell seine Informationen sondiert und sich vom Rezipienten zum Produzenten entwickelt. Besonders Weblogs, mit ihren geringen technischen wie ökonomischen Barrieren, geraten immer wieder ins Auge des öffentlichen Interesses. Neben der Eruierung sehr spezieller Themengebiete nutzen viele User Weblogs, um unter anderem von den Massenmedien nicht bedachte Nischen journalistisch aufzuarbeiten und sich selbst als Laienjournalisten zu betätigen. In diesem Zusammenhang wird den Weblogs das Potenzial einer unabhängigen Gegenöffentlichkeit bis hin zu einer neuen Form der Berichterstattung zugeschrieben. Andere Stimmen wiederum halten Weblogs mit ihren Möglichkeiten sogar für den'Sargnagel'des traditionellen Journalismus. Doch erfüllen Weblogs überhaupt journalistische Standards, um eine ernst zu nehmende Konkurrenz für den traditionellen Journalismus darstellen zu können? Wie viel Informationsgehalt bieten sie wirklich und was sind ihre Vorteile und Nachteile gegenüber traditionellen Medien? Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich neben Struktur und Merkmalen mit rechtlichen und wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen beider Medientypen. Durch eine empirisch überprüfbare Inhaltsanalyse werden erstmals Differenzen in Qualität und Quantität von Weblog- und traditionell journalistischen Inhalten aufgezeigt, um letztlich das Verhältnisses zwischen Weblogs und Journalismus zu erschließen.
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- 2010
11. “A window into shock, pain, and attempted recovery”: A decade of blogging as a coping strategy in New Orleans.
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Watson, Brendan R.
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BLOGGERS , *BLOGS , *HURRICANE Katrina, 2005 , *SOCIAL media , *COMMUNICATION - Abstract
Interviews with bloggers examine the ongoing use of blogs to cope with the persistent community stress New Orleans has experienced post-Hurricane Katrina. Previously, the field of media studies has overlooked blogs’ coping role. Cyber psychology has explored blogs’ role in individual and emotional coping, but not task-oriented efforts to ameliorate sources of community stress. Among other insights, the unique intersection of media studies and cyber psychology explored in this study illuminates the double-edged sword that is the imagined audience. While a positive source of social support, efforts to attract and maintain an audience can impose the perceived pressure to “keep face” and maintain an angry blogging persona beyond its useful cathartic value. Combining perspectives from cyber psychology and media studies, this study contributes a more multifaceted understanding of how residents may use social media to cope with individual and community stress than has been explored in previous research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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12. Internet users' participation and news framing: The Strauss-Kahn case-related Live Blog at Le Monde.fr.
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Marty, Emmanuel, Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie, and Sebbah, Brigitte
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INTERNET users , *ONLINE journalism , *FRAMES (Social sciences) , *CITIZEN journalism , *BLOGS - Abstract
This article analyses Internet users' participation and the ways in which it is framed by journalists, with a particular focus on the Live Blog format. It provides a case study of the online media coverage of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York in May 2011, by the highly respected media Le Monde.fr. A lexicometric (statistical) and discourse (qualitative) analysis of two sets of corpora (Corpus 1 being composed of all the comments submitted by Internet users throughout the live blogging process and Corpus 2 of the few which were finally published on the Live Blog) will highlight the nature and the various forms of audience participation as well as the ways in which they are framed by journalists. The article aims to investigate the representativeness of the published messages and the participative audience profile which journalists foreground within this media space of multiple voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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13. The Impacts of Hyperlinks and Writer Information on the Credibility of Stories on a Participatory Journalism Web Site
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Johnson, Kirsten A., Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Nierstrasz, Oscar, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Sudan, Madhu, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Vardi, Moshe Y., Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Baranauskas, Cécilia, editor, Palanque, Philippe, editor, Abascal, Julio, editor, and Barbosa, Simone Diniz Junqueira, editor
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- 2007
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14. The Gezi Resistance and activist citizen reporters.
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Çoban, Barış and Ataman, Bora
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MASS media ,COMMUNICATION ,DATA analysis ,SOCIAL media ,BLOGS - Abstract
This study discusses how activist citizen reporters in Turkey, who initiated a brand-new alternative new media practice, transformed news gathering and writing activities in the process of the Gezi Park Resistance, which erupted in Istanbul in June 2013. A handful of citizens, outraged by the police violence as well as interested in human rights from a journalistic perspective chose to create their own make-shift media outlets or to become medium themselves. They gathered and simultaneously disseminated news and broadcast live on many occasions mostly through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and livestream, in the absence of traditional mainstream and/or alternative media. They also contributed to the solidarity of the resistance. In this context, the theoretical framework of this study is based on concepts such as alternative media, citizen media and citizen journalism. Likewise, concepts like democracy, citizen and journalism are also re-evaluated from a radical perspective. After theorizing 'Çapulcu Media', a local variant of the Rodriguez's 'citizen media', constructed in the Gezi Resistance by a few activist citizen reporters, this ethnographic study concentrates on their activities in the field as well as the process of their identity formation based on data collected from in-depth interviews and continuous attention given to their social media accounts. Finally, this study aims to develop a critical understanding of a radical variant of citizen journalism in the context of contemporary Occupy movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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15. The Night CRAWLER.
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REIGSTAD, LEIF
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CITIZEN journalism , *BLOGS , *CHILD abuse , *DAY care centers - Abstract
The article focuses on the life and citizen journalism work of resident of Laredo, Texas Priscilla Villarreal. It includes information on the news page Lagordiloca run by Priscilla on social media website Facebook depicting crime scenes. It also includes the views of attorney of Laredo Rene Cantu related to child abuse case at a day care center exposed on Lagordiloca.
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- 2018
16. Sites of Resistance: Fiji's Untamed Media
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Harborow, Hannah
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- 2008
17. CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND WEBLOGS.
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Gangopadhyay, Saswati
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CITIZEN journalism ,BLOGS ,DIGITAL media ,GLOBALIZATION ,JOURNALISM & public opinion ,SOCIAL media ,ONLINE journalism - Abstract
In earlier times, news as depicted in print and broadcast media would be from the perspective of newsworthiness, proximity, dominant norms etc, but with the arrival of digital technologies and globalisation of media, there has been a greater shift to how audience perceive news. Earlier the journalists set the agenda for the audience to think about and were the gatekeepers for all types of news. Now they do not set the agenda buthave become guides and mentors for their audience. Participatory communication has always been an integral part of communication system. However active participation by receivers of information did not happen very much in the earlier times. With the coming of age of online journalism through digital media this has changed to some extent. People are using digital technologies and user friendly interfaces to make their presence felt online especially in social media which include weblogs or blogs, social networking and micro-blogging sites and becoming citizen journalist per se. Weblogs or blogs especially seems to be empowering people in diverse ways. Media persons now, have to assess differently, how they will have to function in this changing media scenario brought about by Web2.0 and increase in citizens' involvement in the production of media content for the web. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
18. Australian journalist-blogs: A shift in audience relationships or mere window dressing?
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Garden, Mary
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CITIZEN journalism ,BLOGS ,JOURNALISM research ,GATEKEEPERS ,JOURNALISTS ,PUBLIC sphere - Abstract
Previous research has been critical of mainstream media’s attempts at blogging, with studies finding that journalists are maintaining their traditional gatekeeper function and failing to engage with readers. This study examines the work of 13 journalists who have political blogs on Australian mainstream newspaper websites, with data gathered from a content analysis of comment-threads as well as interviews. Surprisingly, the results show that most of these journalists are engaging with readers, and some have been doing so since July 2006. They regard such participation as an essential part of their blogging practice, and see their role as not only moderators but also facilitators of discussion. These results contrast with overseas studies which show there is a ‘minimalist’ view of participation that dominates in journalistic organisations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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19. Nuevos y viejos espacios conversacionales en la prensa femenina. Foros, blogs y comunidades virtuales en sus ediciones digitales
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María Ganzabal Learreta
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prensa femenina ,Communication ,05 social sciences ,Media studies ,comunidades ,050801 communication & media studies ,Citizen journalism ,Audiencia ,forums ,blogs ,communities ,0508 media and communications ,Nothing ,Political science ,foros ,0509 other social sciences ,050904 information & library sciences ,Audience ,women´s press - Abstract
Las últimas propuestas de las ediciones digitales de las revistas femeninas por renovarse y actualizar sus diseños y contenidos hacen necesario también un replanteamiento de sus políticas participativas. Estas publicaciones se han hecho expertas en crear y desarrollar comunidades virtuales donde se conversa y opina sobre temas propuestos por las lectoras. Estos contenidos generados por las usuarias poco o nada se diferencian de los intereses de la mujer desde hace décadas. Las directoras de las ediciones digitales de las cinco principales revistas femeninas nos han detallado su política de utilización de estos espacios conversacionales y sus perspectivas de futuro. Aunque la mayoría tiene los días contados, de momento las revistas no quieren renunciar a condominios fieles de lectoras que aportan entre un 30 y 40% de tráfico a sus webs. The latest proposals of the digital editions of the women's magazines to be renewed and to update their designs and contents also require a rethinking of their participatory policies. These publications have become experts in creating and developing virtual communities where they talk and think about topics proposed by the readers. These contents generated by the users little or nothing differ from the interests of women for decades. The editors of the digital editions of the top five women's magazines have detailed their policy of using these conversational spaces and their perspectives for the future. Although most have their days counted, so far magazines do not want to give up faithful condominiums of readers that contribute between 30 and 40% of traffic to their websites.
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- 2018
20. Traditional Reporting More Credible than Citizen News.
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Swasy, Alecia, Tandoc, Edson, Bhandari, Manu, and Davis, Rachel
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CITIZEN journalism , *BLOGS , *CITIZEN journalists , *REPORTERS & reporting , *JOURNALISTS - Abstract
In an experiment comparing traditional news reporting to citizen blogs, university students rated traditional journalism as more credible than citizen journalism. Also, participants assessed straight news articles as more credible than opinionated reports of the same news. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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21. Participatory journalism - the (r)evolution that wasn't. Content and user behavior in Sweden 2007-2013.
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Karlsson, Michael, Bergström, Annika, Clerwall, Christer, and Fast, Karin
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CITIZEN journalism ,JOURNALISM ,ONLINE comments ,BLOGS ,DELIBERATION ,CONTENT analysis ,INTERNET users ,TWENTY-first century - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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22. Exploring the Alternative-Mainstream Dialectic: What 'Alternative Media' Means to a Hybrid Audience.
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Rauch, Jennifer
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ALTERNATIVE mass media ,BLOGS ,PUBLIC broadcasting - Abstract
This article enriches debates about 'alternative media' by exploring what the term means to users through an audience survey ( n = 224). Responses revealed values and practices that respondents agreed were important to alternative media. Users deemed a wide array of media 'alternative': political blogs, public broadcasting, foreign sources, and alternative-press institutions, as well as The Daily Show, Facebook, Fox News, and The Huffington Post. Despite criticizing corporations and advertising, this audience considered some corporate, commercial outlets 'alternative media.' Respondents valued alternative content (neglected issues, diverse voices, mobilizing information) more highly than alternative form (being nonprofit, noncommercial, small-scale). I argue here that the dialectic of alternative media/mainstream media continues to provide a critical and cultural touchstone for users in a converged environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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23. Embedding content from Syrian citizen journalists: The rise of the collaborative news clip.
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Wall, Melissa and Zahed, Sahar El
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CITIZEN journalism ,BLOGS ,STREAMING video & television ,SOCIAL media ,VIDEO excerpts ,SYRIAN Civil War, 2011- - Abstract
The ways the New York Times has incorporated citizen videos from the Syrian conflict into its live blog, The Lede, is explored in this article. The analysis reveals the creation of a new journalistic element – the Collaborative News Clip – in which ordinary people are now producing immersive, emotional, multidimensional self-created videos that news outlets cooperatively incorporate into online content. The Collaborative News Clip is created through joint framing and shared gatekeeping by a tier of citizen-activists working with a professional news organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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24. Mass Collaboration and Reading Citizen Journalism.
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Wesley Shu Lin and Hota Chia-Sheng
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JOURNALISTIC collaboration ,CITIZEN journalism ,MASS media ,BLOGS ,JOURNALISTS ,EDUCATIONAL technology - Abstract
This research delves what makes people read reports by citizen journalists. We first explain the importance of reading citizen journalism from the concept of two-sided markets. Then, we use UTAUT with mass collaboration to find the factors making people reading them. We found mass collaboration, performance expectancy, effort expectancy have positive impact on the intention to read citizen journalism. The role a reader chooses, either a reader or a reader and writer, can moderate the effects of performance expectancy, effort expectancy and mass collaboration on the intention to read. The degree of involvement also moderates the effect of effort expectancy and mass collaboration on the intention to read. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
25. Using Blogs in the Library to Reach Diverse and Non-Traditional Student Groups.
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Decker, Emy Nelson and Tomlinson, Monya D.
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BLOGS ,WEB 2.0 ,LIBRARY digital resources ,LIBRARIANS ,CITIZEN journalism - Abstract
While there is no dearth of information about the uses of a blog as a Web 2.0 tool in the library, there is very little information about the ways in which a blog can be used to reach diverse and non-traditional groups. This paper explores blog topics and strategies that will help to engage users from diverse populations. It also explains ways in which librarians might frame their library blogs to be more inclusive of their entire community. Blogs can serve as excellent marketing tools for communicating resources, services, and events, but in featuring posts that include various populations, more users might become readers of the blog and may even develop an appreciation for the diversity surrounding them. The blog can then serve as a solid model for communicating and appreciating diversity. If their true power is harnessed, library blogs can reach larger groups and promote a more inclusive environment for all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
26. Understanding Discourse Functions in an Online Learning Community.
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CHUNG Hui Yui, Edsoulla
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VIRTUAL communities , *BLOGS , *CITIZEN journalism , *CONTENT analysis , *DISTANCE education research - Abstract
While recently has brought increasing awareness that language use plays an important role in online communities, little has been done to study the association between characteristics of interactions and social relationship in terms of discourse functions. The research attempts to shed light on the issues in the context of a blog-based teaching-portfolio, which serves as an interactive channel for pre-service and in-service teachers in Hong Kong to engage themselves in dialogic and collaborative discussions. Content analysis on comments on the blog and semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine the use of discourse functions and discussion topics. Insights into online learning and recommendations on directions for future research are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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27. It's the Profession, Not the Platform, Stupid!
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PROFESSIONS ,INTERNET & society ,PUBLIC communication ,POLITICAL communication ,JOURNALISM & society - Abstract
The internet has changed public communication dramatically. Three ambivalences of political communication, i.e. participation versus privatization, plurality versus fragmentation, and democratization versus de-professionalization, lead to the question of what defines the core of journalism and the quality of the profession's product. In a quantitative content analysis we have analyzed the news quality of different news sources, comparing non-traditional (n=565) and traditional platforms (n=1,231) on the one hand and professional (n=1,796), semi-professional (n=294), and non-professional sources (n=233) on the other. Results show that non-professional media in quality terms still take the backseat over professional media news, particularly printed newspapers that showed the highest quality in covering top news, followed by professional sources on the internet. Thus, it is the degree of professionalization that matters and not the platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
28. The People Still Known as the Audience: An Empirical Assessment of Participatory Media Myths.
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CITIZENS ,JOURNALISM ,DEMOCRACY ,SURVEYS ,BLOGS - Abstract
It has been argued that citizens' use of new media would bring about substantial changes for journalism, politics and democracy. However, surveys examining such bold claims are mostly based on small convenience samples, do not tap the political nature of involvement and often fail to clearly distinguish between passive (consuming) and active (participation) involvement in participatory platforms. This study analyzes data from a nationally representative survey among the Dutch population (N=2,080) conducted in December 2009, tapping into the frequency and nature of involvement in a broad range of participatory platforms, such as blogs, Twitter, forums and social networks. Our findings demonstrate that the online involvement of citizens is not as widespread and intense as often hoped for. Notwithstanding the popularity of non-political use of specific platforms (social networks) among specific groups (younger people), we find that in political contexts only 6% of the population regularly participates. Moreover, this 'active' group also talks more about news and politics, has higher efficacy and is more Internet and tech savvy. Our study bears little evidence for the persistent claim that a substantial share of the population is now using a variety of participatory platforms to get involved and make themselves heard in the realm of journalism and politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
29. Beyond Citizen Journalism: Weigelgate, JournoList, and the Shifting Media Ecology of America.
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Karpf, Dave
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CITIZEN journalism , *BLOGS , *PUBLIC sphere - Abstract
This paper uses the events surrounding and reactions to blogger/journalist David Weigel's dismissal from the Washington Post to explore three themes in the rapidly media ecology of the United States. First, the Weigelgate episode was rooted in conflicting interpretations of the journalist's proper role, and in contested definitions of who counts as a "real" journalist as opposed to a "blogger" or "citizen journalist." Second, the central role played by the JournoList backchannel listserv provides a rare window to study a class of communications channel that has received scant attention in the literature. Backchannel lists allow networked publics to create their own semi-formal institutions, mimicking the formal communications channels used within well-known formal organizations. Their technical architecture makes them near-impossible to study, yet the Weigelgate episode emphasizes the important role they play in the networked public sphere. Finally, Weigelgate points to the continual blurring of the public and private sphere, raising normative concerns for the future of journalism and various other social practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
30. APPLYING PROBABILISTIC TOPIC MODELS TO BLOG COMMUNITIES.
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Berlea, Alexandru
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BLOGS ,INTERNET ,ELECTRONIC records ,SOCIAL media ,CITIZEN journalism - Abstract
The popularity of Internet communities makes the content generated by their users increasingly interesting for various purposes, including business ones. Analyzing the typically huge amount of community generated content calls for automatic methods, a fundamental task hereby being to automatically detect the discussion topics. One very promising approach thereto are probabilistic topic models (PTMs). In this paper we report our experiences with applying PTMs to one popular Internet community. We discuss and interpret practical decisions to take for the application of PTMs and the results obtained on our data. The particularities of PTMs in the context of typical blog collections are addressed. In particular, we suggest how topic detection can benefit from typical blog features and also how the topic information can be exploited for better supporting communities and for gaining relevant information from them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
31. Image of the United States in Arab Blogsphere.
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El Gody, Ahmed
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BLOGS ,IMAGE ,VIRTUAL reality - Abstract
Arab media, especially Arab independent new satellite channels, started extending their communication space from the real to the virtual world to explore realms which lie beyond existing social, political and physical constrains to edify citizens away from government local media breaking all traditional taboos, exposing the hypocrisy of Arab political systems. As a result, new forms of citizen journalism emerged where audience became news producers in a sense that they started interpreting news provided over the Internet and start shaping/ reshaping them according to their ideologies and repost them.It is not difficult to argue that new media in the Arab world started to operate on different terms than the state controlled media especially on sensitive and taboo issues like Islam and the West, Peace process, Pan Arabism, Nationalism, and the United States. The later, of course according to Alterman , a topic is considered sensitive topic to discuss since officially most Arab countries are close allies to the US, some countries are US partners in its alleged war on terrorism in the region. In that sense, government media cannot be considered a proper tool to measure Arab World attitude towards the US, however with the proliferation new media proliferation, one can test the image of the United States in Arab 'new media' especially Arab blogs, news comments, and messageboard which are considered a free open forum for discussion. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
32. Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readers and Political Polarization.
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Farrell, Henry, Lawrence, Eric, and Sides, John
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POLITICAL science , *BLOGS , *POLARIZATION (Social sciences) , *CITIZEN journalism , *COMPUTER network resources ,UNITED States politics & government - Abstract
Do political blogs facilitate deliberation or merely self-segregation into ideologically homogeneous camps? We analyze a sample of 5,000 blog readers determine how politically polarized the blogosphere is. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
33. Entering the Blogosphere: Motives for Reading, Writing, and Commenting.
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Haferkamp, Nina and Krämer, Nicole
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BLOGS ,YOUNG adults ,CITIZEN journalism ,ELECTRONIC records ,WEBSITES - Abstract
Abstract:The weblog is a medium through which authors (bloggers) can develop an individualized web presence that reflects facets of their personal life, opinions and interests. At the same time, it opens a communicative basis for its readers and writers because of the possibility to post comments on the personal diary. We conducted an online survey with 79 blog authors and 172 recipients in order to investigate the individual motivations for writing, reading and commenting on weblogs in consideration of the gender and age of the participants. In study 1, we assessed via self-report the contents bloggers are writing about, their motives to provide information and their attitudes towards positive and negative feedback. Study 2 focused on the audience of weblogs whose motivations and preferences are underresearched. We were interested in their motives to read and to react on the digital diary of people they do not know personally. Altogether, results indicate that male readers are primarily interested in informative weblogs and that especially male bloggers serve this need while female bloggers prefer to write about personal experiences. Also, female bloggers were shown to be especially sensitive towards negative feedback. Young people tend to write more about personal experiences than older people do and make more extensive use of the interactive features. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
34. Into the Blogosphere: How Online News Sites Are Blogging the News.
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Chung, Deborah
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BLOGS ,NEWS websites ,INNOVATION adoption ,CITIZEN journalism ,USER-generated content - Abstract
The emergence of blogs has gained widespread popularity and has captured the attention of the media. Blogs are making their mark as an influential tool in journalism “challenging conventional notions of who is a journalist and what journalism is.” This paper describes the average news blog and provides a glimpse into the news industry’s adoption of blogs and their use of this particular form of participatory communication. The findings from this study suggest that news blogs are not fully exploiting the capabilities of the Internet. Consistent with findings from previous studies about the slow adoption of interpersonal interactive features, news blogs also appear to be in no hurry to integrate options for users to communicate, express and exchange ideas. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
35. Blogs and the Bloggers Who Blog Them: Is the Political Blogosphere an Echo Chamber?
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Wallsten, Kevin
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BLOGS , *CITIZEN journalism , *WEBSITES , *CONTENT analysis , *QUANTITATIVE research , *POLITICAL participation - Abstract
The article discusses the relationship between mainstream media coverage and political blog discussion, through a computer assisted, quantitative content analysis of randomly selected, non-A-list political blogs from July to November 2004. The author asserts that political blogging, at its core, is an action designed to allow individuals to express their opinions on political issues.
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- 2005
36. The Impact of New Media on Policy Affecting Agriculture.
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Baker, Lauri M. and Irani, Tracy
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AGRICULTURAL policy ,MASS media research ,BLOGS ,CITIZEN journalism ,ELECTRONIC records ,RESEARCH - Abstract
New media have changed the way people communicate and transfer information, but their effects on agenda-setting and the transfer of salience of objects and attributes have not been explored empirically. This study utilized a quantitative content analysis to determine how the blogosphere affects the agricultural policy agenda by analyzing a specific piece of policy that has the potential to effect agriculture. Results indicate a significant predictive relationship of the blogosphere agenda, media agenda, interest group agenda, and public agenda to the policy agenda. This adds new information on agenda-setting in an online environment by concluding agenda-setting occurs in new media environments similarly to traditional media environments. Future studies should consider the influence of the blogosphere on the political agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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37. Governmental corruption through the Egyptian bloggers' lens: A qualitative study of four Egyptian political blogs.
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El-Nawawy, Mohammed and Khamis, Sahar
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CORRUPTION ,BLOGS ,EGYPTIANS ,EGYPTIAN revolution, Egypt, 2011 ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,DIGITAL media - Abstract
Corruption was among the most serious problems under the rule of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian political bloggers played a critical role in reporting about the regime's corrupt policies which were among the main factors behind the 2011 Revolution. This study analysed a number of threads selected from four prominent Egyptian political blogs that dealt with the issue of corruption. The analysed threads were divided into three main categories based on the primary function they attempted to perform: public mobilization, documentation or deliberation. Findings showed that political bloggers have played a critical role in enriching, revitalizing and mobilizing the Egyptian civil society, particularly in the prelude to the 25 January Egyptian Revolution. Still, this study showed that the role played by digital media platforms, such as political blogs, in promoting civic engagement, boosting democratization, and aiding political change should not be exaggerated or overstated. In other words, there has to be caution in assessing these new media technologies' potential impact on reshaping the process of communication and democratization in the age of cyberspace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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38. Blogging Against Violations of Human Rights in Egypt: An Analysis of Five Political Blogs.
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EL-NAWAWY, MOHAMMED and KHAMIS, SAHAR
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HUMAN rights violations ,BLOGS ,BLOGS & politics ,COMMUNITY involvement ,MASS mobilization ,CITIZEN journalism ,CIVIL society ,EGYPTIAN politics & government, 1981-2011 ,DEMOCRATIZATION ,POLITICAL communication ,HUMAN rights advocacy - Abstract
Violations of human rights were among the most serious problems under the rule of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian political bloggers played a critical role in reporting about the regime’s infringements on human rights and freedom of expression. This study analyzes a number of threads selected from five prominent Egyptian blogs that deal with human rights violations. The analysis is divided into three main categories based on the functions the blogs attempted to perform: public mobilization, documentation, or deliberation. The analysis highlights the significant intersection between these three functions, which augmented one another and contributed to the democratization in Egypt in a manner that paved the way for the Egyptian revolution of January 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
39. The Golden Age of Citizen Journalism.
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Mirvajová, Viktória
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CITIZEN journalism ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations in journalism ,ONLINE journalism ,SOCIAL networks ,BLOGS ,MASS media - Abstract
Citizen journalism has never been as strong as it is now. New technology and the Internet have influenced it a lot. The differences between the citizen and the professional journalism - or coopera-tion of these two elements - have become a discussed topic. There are two different views to the issue. Certain experts say it is impossible to compare the professional journalism to the citizen one. But some cases show that the citizen journalism is important part of current media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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40. Exploring old and new media: Comparing military blogs to Civil War letters.
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Shapiro, Seth and Humphreys, Lee
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BLOGS , *MILITARY personnel , *LETTER writing , *JOURNAL writing , *CITIZEN journalism - Abstract
Comparing new media to older media can help identify fundamental uses and perceived effects of communication technology. This study analyzes one soldier’s milblog (military blog) and one Civil War soldier’s letters and diaries to understand how milblogs compare to older forms of soldier correspondence. Despite the overt distinction in technical systems utilized, this analysis demonstrated that the communications through the milblog and letters/diaries share tremendous similarities. In composing their correspondence through these distinct media, each soldier maintained similar anxieties over technological affordances, perceptions of their audience, and motivations for corresponding. Though there were certainly differences in style and content, little that was done or accomplished via the milblog was without direct precedent in the Civil War letters and diaries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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41. Periodismo ciudadano y cloud journalism un flujo necesario en la Sociedad de la Banda Ancha.
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Francesc Fondevila Gascón, Joan
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CITIZEN journalism ,AMATEUR journalism ,CITIZEN journalists ,CIVIC journalism ,BLOGS ,DIGITAL communications - Abstract
Copyright of Comunicación y Hombre is the property of Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2013
42. Using a combined AHP and PLS path modelling on blog site evaluation in Taiwan.
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Chiang, Yi-Hui
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BLOGS , *FACTOR analysis , *LEAST squares , *CITIZEN journalism , *CITIZEN journalists , *WEBSITES ,HUMAN behavior research - Abstract
Abstract: Blogs have turned into a key part of the world’s online culture these years. Many world-famous websites are providing blog services in an attempt to make their own blog service at least comparable to others at minimum. The main purpose of the paper is to answer the questions, “What determinants matter when bloggers choose staying a particular blog site?” Are there the determinants existing any relationship among them? This study proposes a combined Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Partial Least Squares (PLSs) path analysis to advance our understanding of the processes involved in blog site evaluation from the perspectives of student-bloggers in Taiwan, during 2009/09∼2010/03. The results provide insight for those who are concerned with this topic. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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43. Weblog narratives of Japanese migrant women in Australia: Consequences of international mobility and migration.
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Takeda, Atsushi
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IMMIGRANTS ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,BLOGS ,SOCIAL media ,CITIZEN journalism ,SOCIOCULTURAL factors ,PSYCHOLOGY ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) - Abstract
Highlights: [•] This paper draws attention to the personal weblogs written by Japanese migrant women in Australia. [•] Entries in these weblogs elucidate their daily experiences, thoughts, concerns, and feelings. [•] Blog data provide rich personal accounts of migrant experiences from the first-hand positions of migrants. [•] It critiques celebratory attitudes toward global mobility by discussing the disadvantages of migration. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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44. Social Media - eine Substitution von Qualitätsjournalismus?
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Lilienthal, Volker
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JOURNALISM ,SOCIAL media ,USER-generated content ,CITIZEN journalism ,BLOGS ,JOURNALISTIC ethics ,PUBLIC broadcasting - Abstract
Copyright of Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen is the property of De Gruyter and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2013
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45. Social Media at the Age of Big Data.
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Ming Xie
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SOCIAL media ,BIG data ,INFORMATION processing ,SOCIAL networks ,CITIZEN journalism ,BLOGS ,SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
At the age of big data, social media play a very big role in promoting on information flow and interaction. Social media can make information flow and spread widely and rapidly based on the mechanism of social network structure. So at the big data era, the impact of social media on traditional media is more far-reaching and mainly manifested in the following aspects: citizen journalism and professional media go halves on a fifty-fifty basis; personal website rise; social media press release. The traditional news media must actively deal with the challenge in order to win the initiative in the age of big data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
46. Blogging on the ice: Connecting audiences with climate-change sciences.
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Thorsen, Einar
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BLOGS , *CLIMATE change , *INTERVIEWING , *CITIZEN journalism , *SCIENTISTS , *COMPUTER network resources - Abstract
Scientists working in Antarctica have recognized the need to counteract problems associated with mainstream media's treatment of the climate-change crisis. For this reason, several of them have assumed the role of citizen journalists in order to report on the effects of global warming first-hand. More specifically, they have chosen to communicate directly with the general public through official or personal blogs. In so doing they are capitalizing on the way the Internet is changing science news and journalism. This article draws on an analysis of more than 50 Antarctic blogs published during the International Polar Year (2007-08), as well as data from e-interviews with a broad selection of bloggers, in order to examine how scientists 'on the ice' act as citizen journalists. The article explores the idea of citizen journalism as education and the extent to which the scientists achieve an unmediated form of communication through their blogging efforts. It concludes by suggesting this new form of citizen journalism, beyond raising people's awareness of the climate-change crisis, also signals an important way in which mainstream environmental reporting can be reinvigorated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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47. Participatory journalism in Mozambique.
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Paterson, Chris and Doctors, Simone
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CITIZEN journalism ,SOCIAL unrest ,BLOGS ,MOBILE communication systems ,TEXT messages ,MOZAMBIQUE politics & government, 1994- - Abstract
The article presents a case study of the phenomenon of participatory journalism in Mozambique. The role of the popular blog Diário de um sociólogo, which was supported by eye-witness reporting by mobile telephone calls and text messages from a network of citizen journalists throughout the country, during the social unrest of May 2008 is discussed. The forms of journalism which emerged during the period are also described.
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- 2013
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48. The boom and the establishment of "blogs" in online regional press in Spain.
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Victoria Carrillo, Ma, Castillo, Ana, and María Jiménez-Fernández, Concepción
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BLOGS , *PRESS , *JOURNALISM , *MASS media , *NEWS websites - Abstract
This article presents a comparative study about the evolution of the use of blogs in Spanish regional press to analyse if the performance of blogs has changed significantly on the basis of the content and the level of updating in recent years. A first analysis was conducted in 2006 when the boom of this phenomenon. Following a new analysis in 2009, this work carries out a comparison of the evolution of the same performance parameters in both years. It can be stated that no clear evolution patterns exist, that the number of blogs has no relation with the updating of these in either of the periods (the beginning period or the establishment period) and that the main difference detected is that in 2006 more attention was paid to the personal contents that provided blogs with the indisputable character of a tool for personal expression, while in 2009 bloggers appeared to be more interested in what is local and current. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
49. Using a Collaborative Blog Project to Introduce Disciplinary Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Pre-Service Teacher Education.
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COLWELL, JAMIE
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BLOGS ,CITIZEN journalism ,TEACHING methods research ,LITERACY research ,COMPUTER assisted instruction - Abstract
Disciplinary literacy has redefined the field of content area literacy and how teachers approach literacy instruction in the content areas. Yet, limited opportunities exist in teacher preparation programs for pre-service teachers to experience disciplinary literacy instruction and practice. This paper addresses this issue by describing a project imbedded into an undergraduate content area reading course for secondary social studies pre-service teachers. The project provided pre-service teachers with instruction that modeled disciplinary literacy strategies during coursework and opportunities for practice using those strategies through a blog project with eighth-graders in a social studies class. Findings suggested that pre-service teachers considered explicit strategy instruction and blogging to be useful and engaging tools to experience and practice using disciplinary literacy instruction in history. These findings support integrating opportunities for pre-service teachers to practice instruction, grounded in disciplinary literacy, using online platforms for discussion, such as blogging, with students. Pre-service teachers' perceptions of the project were considered to suggest implications for practice using this instructional approach [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
50. WHEN INNOVATION MEETS LEGACY.
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Ostertag, Stephen F. and Tuchman, Gaye
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *HURRICANE Katrina, 2005 , *JOURNALISM , *BLOGS , *LEGACIES - Abstract
Journalism's transition from an industrial age to an information age and the unstable economics of profit-driven newsmaking have allowed for an unprecedented level of citizen input and involvement in the making of news. Here, new relationships between legacy and innovative newsmaking are forged and new models of newsmaking emerge. In this article, we discuss the case of The New Orleans Eye, an attempt at innovative newsmaking rooted in an individual citizen who started blogging in the wake of hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Eye is a largely foundation-funded, non-profit online news organization composed of bloggers and former ink reporters, and has a unique relationship with the local Fox television station. We treat The New Orleans Eye as an example of a mixed-media system and discuss the tensions that emerge over innovative newsmaking within a context of a profit-driven legacy news industry and a neoliberal state. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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