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<p>The potential of audience participation constitutes a most important characteristic of digital journalism. This article presents an inductive study of audience participation in the production of online news in a Danish context, analysing how audiences participate, and what relationships between journalists and audiences accompany this participation. The article discusses the concept of participation, arguing on the basis of sociological theory that it should be understood as those instances where the audience influences the content of the news through their intentional actions. Applying this definition, it proposes four ideal types of audience participation in the production of online news, namely sharing of <italic>information</italic>, <italic>collaboration</italic>, <italic>conversation</italic> and <italic>meta-communication</italic>.</p>
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The potential of audience participation constitutes a most important characteristic of digital journalism. This article presents an inductive study of audience participation in the production of online news in a Danish context, analysing how audiences participate, and what relationships between journalists and audiences accompany this participation. The article discusses the concept of participation, arguing on the basis of sociological theory that it should be understood as those instances where the audience influences the content of the news through their intentional actions. Applying this definition, it proposes four ideal types of audience participation in the production of online news, namely sharing of information, collaboration, conversation and meta-communication.

Audience Participation in the Production of Online News: Towards a Typology

Nordicom Review

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The potential of audience participation constitutes a most important characteristic of digital journalism. This article presents an inductive study of audience...

	Role of the audiences	Role of the journalist
Information	Source; resource for the journalist	Gatekeeper
Collaboration	Journalistic produser	Gatewatcher; journalist
Conversation	Conversation partner	Gatewatcher; conversation partner
Meta-communication	Reflexive audience	Gatewatcher; source for the audience

Audience Participation in the Production of Online News: Towards a Typology

Pubblicato online: 13 mar 2020

Pagine: 113 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0108

Parole chiave
Denmark, digital journalism, online news, participation

© 2013 Aske Kammer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Types of Audience Participation in the Production of Online News

Audience Participation in the Production of Online News: Towards a Typology

Pubblicato online: 13 mar 2020

Pagine: 113 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0108

Parole chiaveDenmark, digital journalism, online news, participation

© 2013 Aske Kammer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Types of Audience Participation in the Production of Online News

Parole chiave
Denmark, digital journalism, online news, participation