Beyond gatekeeping

J-blogging in China

Bibliographic Data

ID7477537
AuthorsHaiqing Yu (0000-0001-8368-4214, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume12
Issue4
Pages379-393
Publication date2011-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884910388229
OpenAlexW2097699916
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited14

This essay contributes to the continuing debates on the changing horizons of journalism in the era of Web 2.0 by examining blogging as a deliberative practice among Chinese professional journalists, who, as gatekeepers of the mainstream news media, nevertheless go beyond gatekeeping by watching the ‘gate’, poking the ‘gate,’ and mocking the ‘gate’ through blogging. I argue that j-blogging represents an experiment of amateur journalism by professional journalists in the blogosphere. The creativity in gate-watching, gate-poking and gate-mocking is situated in the feedback loop of blogosphere and mediasphere in general. J-bloggers are essential to the mediated loop that is in itself a liminal zone, where ideas, visions, emotions and beliefs can be tested. J-blogging forms a crucial link in the formation of the mediated loop and transformation of the liminal zone, upon which the viability of Chinese public sphere depends

Amateur · Blogosphere · Creativity · Gatekeeping · Journalism · Liminality · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Professionalization · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Law

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