Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings
<p>Based on a pilot study of online news making and commenting in Denmark, the article discusses the relationship between online political news making and democracy. Empirical insights on the dynamics of user engagement and debates on mainstream Danish online news platforms are used to delinea...
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doaj-6990921f50e54dbcb4746a719720378c2020-11-24T22:25:05ZdanSammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research0900-96711901-97262014-04-01305615528Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomingsCecilie Givskov0Hans-Jörg Trenz1Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen<p>Based on a pilot study of online news making and commenting in Denmark, the article discusses the relationship between online political news making and democracy. Empirical insights on the dynamics of user engagement and debates on mainstream Danish online news platforms are used to delineate the contours of the online public sphere. It is argued that the new digital media should be discussed not only as a new forum for political participation but also in relation to traditional forms of representative democracy. The analysis comprises the technical features and apps that are designed by online news providers in Denmark to facilitate the constitution of new “voice publics”. How these voice publics are designed as an element of news making and news distribution and, as such, linked to the old “representative” and “attentive publics” of news consumption is investigated.<strong></strong></p>http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/16969online news makingonline public spheredemocracy |
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Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings |
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Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings |
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Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings |
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Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings |
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Civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: Possibilities and shortcomings |
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civic engagement through mainstream online newspapers: possibilities and shortcomings |
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Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) |
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MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research |
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0900-9671 1901-9726 |
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2014-04-01 |
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<p>Based on a pilot study of online news making and commenting in Denmark, the article discusses the relationship between online political news making and democracy. Empirical insights on the dynamics of user engagement and debates on mainstream Danish online news platforms are used to delineate the contours of the online public sphere. It is argued that the new digital media should be discussed not only as a new forum for political participation but also in relation to traditional forms of representative democracy. The analysis comprises the technical features and apps that are designed by online news providers in Denmark to facilitate the constitution of new “voice publics”. How these voice publics are designed as an element of news making and news distribution and, as such, linked to the old “representative” and “attentive publics” of news consumption is investigated.<strong></strong></p> |
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online news making online public sphere democracy |
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