Realizing the democratic functions of journalism in the digital age

New alliances and a return to old values

Bibliographic Data

ID7478679
AuthorsFrank Esser (0000-0002-1627-1521, University of Zurich, corresponding author), Christoph Neuberger (0000-0003-0892-610X, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Year2018
Volume20
Issue1
Pages194-197
Publication date2018-12-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884918807067
OpenAlexW2903616116
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited9

In journalism, we have observed a multitude of innovative forms in recent years: new forms of presentation (multimedia story-telling, immersive journalism), new ways of involving the audience (participatory journalism), new ways of addressing issues and highlighting solutions (constructive journalism), and new forms of automation (robot journalism) and data journalism. Fascinated as we all are by the new possibilities, a key challenge of contemporary journalism threatens to fade into the background. Namely, the question of how we ought to think ahead about the democratic functions of journalism under these new conditions is broached

Citizen journalism · Constructive · Democracy · Journalism · Key (lock · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Process (computing · Public relations · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics · Law

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