The impact of new forms of digital communication on press-based TV critics and the emergence of new forms of critical debate

Bibliographic Data

ID7477780
AuthorsPaul Rixon (0000-0002-8704-4289, University of Roehampton, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume18
Issue2
Pages226-240
Publication date2015-09-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884915602178
OpenAlexW1791279536
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

This article explores the question of whether we are seeing the end of newspaper-based TV critics as we know them and, if so, what might be taking their place? The first part of this work explores the role of the (TV) critic and raises the question of what might be missed if they disappear. The second part of the article analyses the impact of new forms of digital communication on newspaper-based TV critics and the emergence of new forms of critical debate about television. The article concludes by arguing that the critic still has a role, but a new balance is appearing, one in which the public will play a more important part. ‘The TV critic is dead. Long live the TV critic

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