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Public Sphere 2.0? The Democratic Qualities of Citizen Debates in Online Newspapers:
TL;DR: The authors assesses to what extent do these forms of digital discussion fit in Habermas' principles for democratic debate, using his discursive ethics as a demanding normative benchmark, and two models of audience participation emerge from the analysis, one where communities of debate are formed based on mostly respectful discussions between diverse points of view and another of homogenous communities, in which expres...
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Discussions in the comments section: Factors influencing participation and interactivity in online newspapers’ reader comments
TL;DR: The ways in which news factors affect participation levels and interactivity in a news item’s comments section are explored and the theoretical, normative, and practical implications of those findings are discussed.
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User comments: motives and inhibitors to write and read
TL;DR: The results show that commenters are driven by social-interactive motives to participate in journalism, and to discuss with other users, however, the data suggest that commenters do not obtain cognitive gratifications to the desired extent.
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What Creates Interactivity in Online News Discussions? An Exploratory Analysis of Discussion Factors in User Comments on News Items
TL;DR: Qualitative interviews with users who comment on news stories online and a quantitative content analysis of 1,580 user comments showed that the discussion factors uncertainty, controversy, comprehensibility, negativity, and personalization can explain interactivity in news discussions.
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Effects of civility and reasoning in user comments on perceived journalistic quality
TL;DR: This paper investigated the impact of civility and reasoning in user comments on perceptions of journalistic quality, and found that the mere presence of comments deteriorates the perceived quality of an article, but only in unknown news brands.
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A CLASH OF CULTURES The integration of user-generated content within professional journalistic frameworks at British newspaper websites
Alfred Hermida,Neil Thurman +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined how national UK newspaper websites are integrating user-generated content (UGC) and found that despite residual doubts about the editorial and commercial value of material from the public, a survey quantifying the adoption of UGC by mainstream news organisations showed a dramatic increase in the opportunities for contributions from readers.
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Forums for citizen journalists? Adoption of user generated content initiatives by online news media:
TL;DR: It is argued that the adaptation of established news websites to the increasing demand from readers for space to express their views is driven as much by local organizational and technical conditions as it is by any attachment to traditional editorial practices.
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E-empowerment
TL;DR: A four-level model is proposed that serves to explain what is termed E-empowerment and the effects that can be observed at each of the four levels, ranging from the personal to the global levels and the consequences of that empowerment are discussed.
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“Comment Is Free, but Facts Are Sacred”: User-generated Content and Ethical Constructs at the Guardian
Jane B. Singer,Ian Ashman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study examines how journalists at Britain's Guardian newspaper and affiliated Web site are assessing and incorporating user-generated content in their perceptions and practices, and a framework of existentialism helps highlight constructs and professional norms of interest.
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Virtual group dynamics.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine traditional definitions of groups and how Internet groups fit into those existing definitions, and provide an analysis of relevant aspects that make virtual groups similar to and different from nonelectronic groups, and examine the ways in which Internet groups function.