Does community participation set the local press agenda? A view on deliberative and civic practices in the Portuguese press

Ferreira, Gil Baptista

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“…Asking journalists to share decision-making power or simply listening to ordinary people has never been easy: "sometimes it seems like a losing battle" (Witt, 2004, p. 51). A recent empirical study of local Portuguese media (Ferreira, 2013) has revealed how news organizations offering avenues for public involvement, at the same time, seek ways to protect the journalist's professional status. Data from this study show that, while professionals, especially in the regional context, acknowledge that they often receive contacts from ordinary citizens, most journalists devalue them, giving a preferential approach to elites, to the detriment of ordinary individuals.…”

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“…Nevertheless, the results show a conventional journalistic stance that persists, evidenced mainly by low levels of relevance attributed to the functions associated with participatory journalism and by the valorization of functions associated with conventional journalism. These results in the production of journalistic contents too focused on elites and on commercial concerns (see Ferreira, 2013).…”

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Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism

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This article re-evaluates the relevance of the concept of gatekeeping in the 21st century. Sustained in the literature on this subject, it argues that, in an age marked by new media and digital journalism, a classical understanding of the concept of gatekeeper will narrow the scope of the study of journalism and its relationship with the public. Taking into account the predominant trends and lines of research, and analyzing practices and events that, from a political point of view, marked the most recent years, this article seeks to reflect upon new directions with civic value for the practice of journalism and on a reconfigured concept of the gatekeeper in the western word. It concludes by showing the normalization of the new media devices and their appropriateness to conventional values and practices of journalism.Este artigo reavalia a relevância do conceito de gatekeeping no século XXI. Sustentado na literatura sobre esta matéria, argumenta que, numa era marcada pelos novos media e pelo jornalismo digital, um entendimento clássico do conceito de gatekeeper cerceará o âmbito do estudo do jornalismo e da sua relação com os públicos. Deste modo, tomando em consideração as tendências e as linhas de investigação predominantes, e analisando práticas e acontecimentos que, de um ponto de vista político, marcaram os anos mais recentes, o artigo procura equacionar novos sentidos, com valor cívico, para a ação do jornalismo e para uma noção reconfigurada do gatekeeper no mundo ocidental. Conclui mostrando a normalização e a adequação dos novos dipositivos mediáticos a valores e práticas convencionais do jornalismo.Este artículo re-evalúa la relevancia del concepto de "gatekeeping" en el siglo XXI. Sostenido en la literatura sobre este tema, argumenta que, en una época marcada por los nuevos medios y el periodismo digital, una comprensión clásica del concepto de gatekeeper reducirá el alcance del estudio del periodismo y su relación con el público. Teniendo en cuenta las tendencias y líneas de investigación predominantes, y el análisis de las prácticas y eventos que, desde un punto de vista político, marcaron los últimos años, este artículo busca reflexionar sobre nuevas direcciones con valor cívico para la práctica del periodismo y sobre un concepto reconfigurado del gatekeeper en el mundo occidental. Concluye mostrando la normalización de los nuevos dispositivos y su adecuación a los valores y prácticas convencionales del periodismo.

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Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism

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Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South

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Does community participation set the local press agenda? A view on deliberative and civic practices in the Portuguese press

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Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism

Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism

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