Understanding Citizen Journalism as Civic Participation (Routledge Research in Journalism)

by SeungahnNah (Author), Deborah S . Chung (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $169.95

  Citizen journalism has garnered attention as ordinary citizens are increasingly participating in news production. News audiences globally are posting comments, uploading photos and videos and writing news stories-sometimes individually but also together with professional journalists, playing a vital role in covering common interests, community issues and civic affairs contributing to the conversation of democracy or the public sphere. This book re-conceptualizes citizen journalism practice as civic participation and develops an integrative theoretical model to test factors driving citizen journalism, with particular emphasis on locality-based communications and communicative action contexts. This emphasis provides insights into why communities should work together to build civic communication infrastructures in order to create a more civically vibrant community.