Editorial: Introduction to Communities, Publics, and Communication

Abstract

The editorial for the 2011 McMaster Journal of Communication issue on communities, publics and communication. The editorial presents the five articles contained in the issue ( “Redefining Gatekeeping Theory for a Digital Generation.” Lianne Chin-Fook and Heather Simmonds; “‘That Worries Me’: Affective and Rhetorical Framing in News Programming of The O’Reilly Factor”, Joey Brooke Jakob; “Public sphere, alternative media and social involvement in Belarus: The role of an individual in history”, Nataliya Lesnikova; “The Politics of Transparency”, Robyn Lew; “Creating Cellular Vision: Cell Phone Photography and the (Shifting) Photographic Eye”, Robert Vitulano) and acknowledges the help of the editorial committee members, Alyssa Lai and Christine Larabie; as well as that of faculty editor, Dr. Alex Sévigny.