Current technological, organizational and institutional changes fundamentally alter the
relationship between journalism and its audience–with consequences not only for …

In the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local communities at the
beginning of the 21st century, Hyperlocal Journalism critically explores the development of …

The BBC elicits and uses a number of different types of audience material, but the
corporation has most wholeheartedly embraced what we call Audience Content (eyewitness …

News outlets serve democratic norms by providing a wide range of viewpoints, including
opinions from the public. This study examined opinion expression in online reader posts and …

The audience has always been an important reference for journalism although, under mass
media conditions, it remained an “operative fiction” for its practitioners, reflecting a clear …

In a proclaimed age of 'post-truth,'scholars have raised concerns about the spread of false
information and the questioning of epistemic authorities. In this paper, we develop an …

Royal Society are early examples of what we would today call 'user-generated
content'('UGC'). The articles published in these journals took the form of letters announcing a …

The emergence of citizen journalism has prompted the journalism field and scholars to
readdress what constitutes journalism and who is a journalist. Citizen journalists have …

Public participation in local planning decisions is widely advocated as an important
component of democratic decision making. It is linked to a number of positive outcomes …

Commercialization of the media refers to the increasing importance of market considerations
in the daily work of media professionals. Media organizations need to find ways to maintain …