Exploring emotionality, and civic empowerment and engagement in online participation
A case study of community reporting website Homicide Watch DC
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5716638 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renee Barnes (0000-0002-5203-6043, University of the Sunshine Coast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 158 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 112-123 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x15622083 |
| OpenAlex | W2281576265 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article explores the emotional dimension of online audience participation in relation to crime reporting. Traditionally, crime reporting has been analysed in relation to how it is framed and the impact this has on audience perceptions of crime. However, drawing on a case study of community reporting website Homicide Watch DC, this article will explore the role of meaningful audience engagement in crime reporting and in particular the role of emotionality in this participation, specifically as a catalyst for civic empowerment and ultimately civic engagement
Civic engagement · Community engagement · Criminology · Empowerment · Fear of crime · Homicide · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics
The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism
Affect Theory and Audience
Talk on television
Participatory Journalism
“Journalism as Process”
User Comments
Bowling alone
Logging On and Letting Out
Framing homicide narratives in newspapers
Citizen Journalists and Their Third Places
Mourning Becomes the Nation
Understanding the affective investment produced through commenting on Australian alternative journalism website New Matilda
Media Audiences
The “ecology of participation
The value of emotion
The Jerry Springer Show as an emotional public sphere
The Handbook of Media Audiences
Emotion aside or emotional side? Crafting an ‘experience of involvement’ in the news
Affect and Emotion
The strategic ritual of emotionality
Users like you? Theorizing agency in user-generated content
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |