In view of the prominence of online media and their role in enabling new patterns of activity
and engagement, the concept of participation has become an increasingly ubiquitous …

Important matters concerning present developments in communication, politics and culture
centre on the question of participation. This is especially the case with the constellation of …

There have been long-standing discussions of “participation” in political theory. So, what
ideas from this literature do we think might be useful for discussing the “participatory turn” in …

Just what is the “participatory condition”? It is the situation in which taking part in something
with others has become both environmental and normative. The fact that we have always …

This article explores the notion of digital non-participation as a form of mediated political
action rather than as mere passivity. We generally conceive of participation in a positive …

At their most excessive, digital advocates imagined a world where the mass media
conglomerates would be totally displaced by cottage industries, artisanal and amateur …

The concept of diversity has always been an underlying philosophy in media policymaking
and the era of participatory media has not changed that core concern. The idea of diversity …

In an era when (especially new) media are celebrated for their participatory potential,
questions about the nature and intensity of these participatory processes seem to be …

The conceptualization and measurement of political participation has been an issue
vibrantly debated for more than 50 years. The arrival of digital media came to add important …

Written with media students in mind, this accessible book provides both students and
researchers with a new perspective on how to research engagement, not as a metric but as …