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(New) Media and the Circulation of Knowledge: A Historical Framework for The Conversation Canada.
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Information & Culture . 2023, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p221-246. 26p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- New media and new applications of existing media are typically seen as ways of distributing knowledge more effectively, often with hopes that this process will strengthen democracy. Adopting a history-of-knowledge approach, the authors analyze methods of knowledge circulation attending early print, nineteenth-century mechanics' institutes and public libraries, early radio broadcasting, and explanatory journalism, providing a comparative historical framework for a recent new-media platform for distributing knowledge, The Conversation network. Appealing to a socially broad audience has consistently been a challenge. Efforts to distribute knowledge also reflected differences in prevailing media ecosystems, national systems of political economy, and contemporary social/political concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21648034
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Information & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173588788
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7560/ic58301