Digital Communication Networks and the Journalistic Field: The 2005 French Riots

Hurricanes and hashtags: How the media and NGOs treat citizens’ voices online in humanitarian emergencies

“…In their conclusions, Russell (2007) and Vos (2012) Vos (Vos et al 2012), in comparison, sees new media as maintaining the conservative status quo. He found that bloggers tended to accept the received journalistic 'doxa' (the so-called nature of the field) and thus favoured stability in it.…”

“…Bourdieu's field theory suggests that there is a shift in the journalistic field as new agents gain access. The theoretical question is posed: are bloggers, citizen journalists and those who create 'user-generated content' possible agents in this wayand if so does their entry into the media landscape suggest such a shift or an emphasis on traditional journalistic norms (Vos et al 2012;Russell 2007)? Added to this, do NGOs who act as sources for journalists covering disasters, but who have increasingly used the tools of both mainstream journalism and citizen journalism have a potential influence on the field?…”

“…Added to this, do NGOs who act as sources for journalists covering disasters, but who have increasingly used the tools of both mainstream journalism and citizen journalism have a potential influence on the field? Both Vos (2012) and Russell (2007) look closely at bloggers who critique the mainstream media, providing in fact a meta-discourse. This article looks less at critiques of the mainstream media but more at how the creators of 'user-generated content' -the accidental, DIY journalists could be influencing and transforming the field.…”

Shaping the Public Sphere: Habermas and Beyond

“…For examples of the growing use of Bourdieu for the sociology of media, see, e.g.,Davis (2002),Couldry (2003Couldry ( , 2007,Hallin and Mancini (2004),Benson (1999Benson ( , 2004Benson ( , 2006Benson ( , 2009b,Benson and Neveu (2005),Benson and Saguy (2005),Townsley (2006),Bennett (2006),Rohlinger (2007),Baisnée and Marchetti (2006),Russell (2007),Glevarec and Pinet (2008), andDickinson (2008).…”

The Logos of the Blogosphere: Flooding the Zone, Invention, and Attention in the Lott Imbroglio

“…Though fields tend to have a powerful inertia, they are not immune to change. An increase in the number of source points producing journalism, paired with an increase in readers and spectators, will challenge received norms in the journalistic field and enable a transformation of the field itself (Bourdieu, 1996, p. 225;Matheson, 2004;Russell, 2007). The growth and influence of the blogosphere, with its multiphcation of publicity-producing agents, has certainly disrupted the established journalistic field, as the boundary work between journalists and bloggers attests (Domingo & Heinonen, 2008;Jordan, 2007;Lowrey, 2006).…”