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Sustained journalist–audience reciprocity in a meso new-space: The case of a journalistic WhatsApp group.
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New Media & Society . Feb2020, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p264-282. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- By engaging with journalists in the networked media environment, audiences can play a role in shaping the epistemologies of journalism: how journalists know what they know, and communicate knowledge claims. While audiences have been offered opportunities to engage in news-production processes, ongoing reciprocal relationships between journalists and audiences online are rare. This study shows how sustained reciprocity takes place in a large-scale WhatsApp group opened by an Israeli journalist/blogger for her audience. Based on an analysis of group conversations, blog posts, and interviews, we demonstrate how a continuous conversation between the journalist and her loyal audience members allows the co-construction of journalistic knowledge across the news-production process. The online space that affords ongoing reciprocal exchanges is termed here a meso news-space, occurring between the private and public realms. This study contributes to understanding how sustained reciprocity can be accomplished and how it can promote shared benefits for journalists and community members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14614448
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Media & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141341007
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819856917