The People's Debate

The CNN/YouTube debates and the demotic voice in political journalism

Bibliographic Data

ID7511413
AuthorsMatt Carlson (0000-0001-5674-5595, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue3
Pages302-316
Publication date2012-03-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2012.663569
OpenAlexW1727729882
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

Popular participation lies at the core of democratic governance, yet the mediated conversation of politics has largely been limited to elite sources and professional journalists. New technological alternatives to the mass communication model create opportunities for the non-elite “demotic voice” in the mediated public sphere. However, the expansion of who speaks is not without tensions or efforts by traditionally powerful voices to retain control over communication channels. This article analyzes struggles surrounding the growing role of the demotic voice through a case study analysis of the 2007 CNN/YouTube debates among candidates for the US presidency

Conversation · Conversation analysis · Corporate governance · Democracy · Elite · Management · Media studies · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Public relations · Public sphere · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics · Communication · Law

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