Communicating to an Ideal Audience
News and the Notion of the ''Informed Citizen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6334233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ingunn Hagen (0000-0002-7996-2274, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 405-419 |
| Publication date | 1997-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/105846097199209 |
| OpenAlex | W2007329242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
The news genre presupposes an ideal audience type-the ''informed citizen." Here, I will address what it means to ''be informed." How should audiences be addressed to enable them to become informed citizens, compared to addressing them as consumers? I will argue that when going beyond the official status attributed to news, one might find that viewers have contradictory feelings regarding the genre. I will provide examples of such news-related ambivalences and frustrations from my own research
Feeling · Ideal (ethics · Media studies · News media · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Communication, and Education · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2012 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |