Media and participation : a site of ideological-democratic struggle / Nico Carpentier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpentier, Nico.

Series:

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Citizen participation.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

Participation has become fashionable again, but at the same time it has always played a crucial role in our contemporary societies, and it has been omnipresent in a surprisingly large number of societal fields. In the case of the media sphere, the present-day media conjuncture is now considered to be the most participatory ever, but media participation has had a long and intense history. To deal with these paradoxes, this book looks at participation as a structurally unstable concept and as the object of a political-ideological struggle that makes it oscillate between minimalist and maximalist versions. This struggle is analysed in theoretical reflections in five fields (democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media) and in eight different cases of media practice. These case studies also show participation’s close connection to power, identity, organization, technology and quality.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining Participation: An Interdisciplinary Overview

Chapter 2: Keyword - Power

Chapter 3: Keyword - Identity

Chapter 4: Keyword - Organization

Chapter 5: Keyword - Technology

Chapter 6: Keyword - Quality

Chapter 7: A Short Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC

ISBN:

9786613162823

9781283162821

1283162822

9781841505244

1841505242

OCLC:

729166877

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_606390