Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their Audiences
How do the current technological changes and socio-political developments impact on the relationship between European journalists and their audiences? This article draws on selected findings from a larger research project conducted in eleven European countries. Focusing on European journalists’ unde...
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2017-06-01
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| description | How do the current technological changes and socio-political developments impact on the relationship between European journalists and their audiences? This article draws on selected findings from a larger research project conducted in eleven European countries. Focusing on European journalists’ understanding of their audiences, the paper suggests that in many European countries digital technologies and increased competition play a significant role in the changing relationship between journalists and their audiences. The literature reviews undertaken in the eleven European countries indicate that the relationship between journalists/media professionals and their audiences has undergone significant changes. While the interviewed journalists are alert to a shift towards journalistic practices and formats which permit certain forms of audience participation, many of them sense an increasing disconnection from the public and severe mistrust by citizens; which crucially impacts on their relationship with audiences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71e967234af141fea1d9637ce89b93e62022-12-21T21:53:01ZengUniversity of Westminster PressWestminster Papers in Communication and Culture1744-67162017-06-015210.16997/wpcc.66Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their AudiencesTarik Sabry0Communication and Media Research Institute University of WestminsterHow do the current technological changes and socio-political developments impact on the relationship between European journalists and their audiences? This article draws on selected findings from a larger research project conducted in eleven European countries. Focusing on European journalists’ understanding of their audiences, the paper suggests that in many European countries digital technologies and increased competition play a significant role in the changing relationship between journalists and their audiences. The literature reviews undertaken in the eleven European countries indicate that the relationship between journalists/media professionals and their audiences has undergone significant changes. While the interviewed journalists are alert to a shift towards journalistic practices and formats which permit certain forms of audience participation, many of them sense an increasing disconnection from the public and severe mistrust by citizens; which crucially impacts on their relationship with audiences.https://www.westminsterpapers.org/article/id/104/competitiontechnological changeEuropean audiencesEuropean journalists |
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| title | Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their Audiences |
| title_full | Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their Audiences |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their Audiences |
| title_short | Drifting Apart? European Journalists and their Audiences |
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| topic | competition technological change European audiences European journalists |
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