Citizen participation and remediation across media
Authors: Thorsen, E.
Editors: Linaa Jensen, J., Mortensen, M. and Ørmen, J.
Publisher: Routledge
Abstract:Over the past decade we have seen an incredible breadth of examples where citizens have been involved in crisis news reporting, frequently transnational in nature and of global significance. This chapter examines the potentially potent nature of such citizen participation in news-work and how a related communication flow is operationalized across media. It provides insights through three critical case studies, namely the Trafigura scandal in 2009, the killing of Gaddafi in 2011, and finally the crash landing of Flight 214 at San Francisco airport in 2013. Through each of these examples, the chapter examines how citizen participation is engendered, harnessed and remediated through a range of different, and arguably interconnected, media.
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