Whither the Civic Journalism Bandwagon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7501936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Grimes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 125-130 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-180X • E-ISSN: 1531-328X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1081180x97002003010 |
| OpenAlex | W2087152389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Grimes’s examination not only gives us a compelling history of the rise of civic journalism that raises many questions about both its aims and its successes. It is indispensable for setting standards by which the civic journalism movement should be judged. She adroitly notes how much of the popularity of the idea of civic journalism may be precisely due to how ambiguous, sometimes all-inclusive a term it is. When its theories are brought down to earth, she shows, the record of civic journalism in practice is decidedly mixed
Bandwagon effect · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Media Studies and Communication · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2020 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |