MDSB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Produsage, Public Sphere, News Values
28 Apr 2018
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WEEK 9 JOURNALISM & ACTIVISM
• Newsroom culture + politics
o Journalism is difficult, w/ low$$$
o What is journalism
▪ Gather + present useful info to public
• Fluid, changes over time, dependent on newsroom
availability
▪ (values) have an unbias perspective
• Not realistic bc your choices to report on something is
guided by some form of politics
• Youre always making decisions as a journalist
▪ Gatekeepers, watchdogs
▪ Part of the public convo/forum (Habermas)
• Public sphere; rational convo
▪ The “truth” = arbitrary
▪ Loyalty to citizens sometimes you’re loyal to editors/company
than to citizens
o How does globalization affect journalism?
▪ Fake enws: news invented for distorting intentions
▪ Elites
• President of turkey
o Speaks on journalism
o Sees twitter as evil, claims it spreads false news
• Facebook
o Unbundling with news
• How do we understand changes in technology
o Production
o Presumption
o Produsage (Constantly in motion, circulation of content+interaction, Bruns
2008)
▪ Four principles:
• 1. Open participation
• 2. Fluid heterarchy
• 3. Unfinished artefacts
• 4. Common property
• How journalism works in globalization:
o News room culture + politics
o News values
o Political economy
o Elites
o Technology
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