Evaluate the usefulness of Jenkins on participation in understanding audience use of online newspapers such as The Guardian and MailOnline.
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Jenkins's work has been instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement. Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments, share articles on social media, and even submit their own stories and multimedia content. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
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- Does it validate Jenkins?
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Jenkins's work has been instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. This is backed up by the stats, for example the Guardians, X (twitter) page has over 10.8 million followers, all of which can interact with every post, whether it is reposting it or commenting on the post, adding their opinion which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism. But the average post on their twitter only gets just over 20k views, which shows that they have low engagement, this could be due to their stories being harmless, and not particularly ‘spreadable media’ which may suggest that people only want to have a say in the matter when it is a viral story with more controversial post. This is particularly emphasized by the fact that the most engaged tweet of theirs over the last two days is about Palestine, and has over 200k views, and over 240 comments, which is considerably more than any other post. Jenkins's framework is useful as it helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratized the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
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Jenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic.
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- Read the following paragraph and give it a score/10
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- Take 10 more minutes to rewrite the paragraph including the evidence you have found.
Jenkins work explains that participatory culture, flourishes most in areas of the internet where communities share common interests and actively collaborate to produce and share content—such as fan-driven discussions around TV shows, movies, or gaming. This kind of participatory culture is less likely to thrive in the context of online newspapers like MailOnline due to the nature of news content and the ethos of professional journalism. News sites, especially those like MailOnline, prioritise reporting current events, which demands a level of objectivity and editorial oversight that can clash with the more open, creative, and interpretive nature of participatory culture. While MailOnline encourages user engagement through comments and social sharing, this is often more focused on sensational headlines and controversy, rather than the collaborative, fan-driven communities seen in media fandoms. Moreover, the ethos of journalism—fact-checking, accountability, and maintaining credibility—does not easily align with the unstructured, often speculative, and collaborative contributions that define participatory culture. Jenkins's theory of fandom, is less applicable in the realm of online newspapers, where the goal is to inform rather than to build imaginative, fan-driven worlds.
Jenkins highlights the impact of new media on audience participation and engagement, arguing that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and distribution of content. The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement as demonstrated by their extensive use of social media. For example, The Guardian's X page has 10.8 million subscribers. The MailOnline only has 2.8 million X users, but also has 15 million snapchat users and 22 million Facebook users. These platforms target different age demographics, which encourages diversity in opinion. Both encourage audiences to comment, share articles, and even submit their own stories and multimedia content. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework is therefore very useful in informing our understanding of the way that new media technologies have democratised the news-making process, encouraging diversity of opinions in the digital public sphere.
ReplyDeleteJenkins helps highlight the impact of new media on audience participation. He states the growth of digital platforms has accelerated the increase in participatory culture for the production and dissemination of content. In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement. Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments though their website and social media on platforms like twitter where The Guardian has 10.8 million and Daily Mail have 2.8 million followers, and even submit their own stories for example shortly after Jenkins was writing this The Guardian had ‘Citizen Witness’ a platform for citizen journalism to be published. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play an active role in shaping the news agenda. This helps us understand how the development of new media has democratised the news-making process.
ReplyDeleteJenkins’s work has been instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. Online news platforms like the Guardian Online and the MailOnline have embraced the user-generated content to enhance reader engagement, hence shifting to target a younger generation on TikTok (where the Guardian Online gained 266,000 followers and the MailOnline has 7.7million across all accounts) in order to create a participatory culture. Fans are encouraged to act as “textual poachers”, by creating their own communities of enthusiasts, they able to share comments and opinions on these news platforms like on Snapchat, where the Guardian has 175,000 followers and the MailOnline has 15million. Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments, share articles on social media, and submit their own stories and multimedia content as a modern form of citizen journalism. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins’s framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process. Allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere, creating collective intelligence.
ReplyDeleteJenkins's work highlights the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. Therefore, Jenkins believes that these consumers act as ‘textual poachers’ and make content more diverse and have a different view. In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to engage viewers. Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments, share articles on social media, and even submit their own stories and multimedia content. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework is useful to us to understand how the development of new media technologies have democratised the news-making process, allowing for new perspectives and voices to be heard in the online world.
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ReplyDeleteJenkins work has highlighted the impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture. Where audiences are no longer passive consumers rather active participants in the production of the content. On online platforms such as The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user generated content to enhance the readers engagement. On their social media platforms Twitter users not only read stories, They both encourage their millions of viewers to contribute comments, share articles on social media and admit their own stories which can lead to collective inteligence. As they open their platforms to user participation, these organisations empower audiences to have an active role in shaping the news agenda. Overall, Jenkins theory helps audiences understand how the development of recent media technologies has altered the news making process, this can allow for different and diverse voices on and perspective be heard in the digital and social media public sphere.
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ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work talks about the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. Online The Guardian has embraced citizen journalism; it’s comment section allows readers to contribute their own opinion on a wide range of topics giving people diverse voices. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has created values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining top media landscape.
Whilst MailOnline does incorporate user-generated content where users can submit photos and eyewitness accounts of news events, its approach to citizen journalism is focused on reporting with additional perspectives rather than actively engaging readers as contributors to its editorial content.
The Guardian's X page has 10.8 million subscribers but the MailOnline only has 2.8 million X users, however the platforms support different age demographics which means that the newspapers are encouraging different opinions.
Jenkins is therefore useful in distinguishing between platforms that embrace participatory culture and those that use it more like a marketing tool.
Jenkins's work has been instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. This is backed up by the stats, for example the Guardians, X (twitter) page has over 10.8 million followers, all of which can interact with every post, whether it is reposting it or commenting on the post, adding their opinion which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism. But the average post on their twitter only gets just over 20k views, which shows that they have low engagement, this could be due to their stories being harmless, and not particularly ‘spreadable media’ which may suggest that people only want to have a say in the matter when it is a viral story with more controversial post. This is particularly emphasized by the fact that the most engaged tweet of theirs over the last two days is about Palestine, and has over 200k views, and over 240 comments, which is considerably more than any other post. Jenkins's framework is useful as it helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratized the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
ReplyDeleteJenkins's work greatly highlighting the change of audience participation and engagement with new media. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has made participatory culture more common, where audiences have become active participants in the production and dissemination of content. For online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement. Both outlets encourage audiences to comment, share articles, and submit their own stories and multimedia content on their social medias. On the Guardian’s 10.6m follower Twitter account, they consistently post news stories written by members of their audience, turning it into ‘spreadable media’. With this user participation, audiences are empowered to be more active in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for the digital public sphere to become more diverse in ideas.
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ReplyDeleteThis could link with Gerbner's ‘mean world syndrome’ as it shows people are more interested in upsetting news which divides people which has always been the case for newspapers. But it is difficult to apply Jenkins theory on fandom to newspapers, as newspapers don’t really have a fandom, especially not one which the members are particularly active on social media, which is contrasts an actual fandom such as stranger things which the fans engage much more with as they are passionate about the show and want to express their love for it, and this is probably because people follow guardian to keep up with news stories, not to interact with the Guardian.
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ReplyDeleteThis suggests that in online news spaces, 'spreadability' may correlate to controversy and fan engagement may be the wrong way to look at it, because comments are likely to be combative rather than co-operative. So, while it does seem valuable to use Jenkins work on fandoms as a way to examine the methods used to engage online audiences for newspapers, it may not be as successful when applied to the way that audiences use them.
This disparity of the limited interactions of the Guardian’s audience and the massive following that their Twitter has, seems to invalidate Jenkin’s theory in relation to newspapers since a fandom is mainly built on interaction and collaboration. What this could mean is that the Guardian doesn’t have a fandom in the way Jenkins proposes since the Guardian doesn’t have much of a ‘participatory culture’ in relation to their regular news output.
ReplyDeleteThis may make it appear as if Jenkins doesn't apply to newspapers as easily however the reason for that could be that the fandom of The Guardian is less active online making this arguably not a fandom however another point may be the high number of posts with tens if not hundreds a day spreading out the main audience. The Guardians post about Palestine could suggest that Gerbner could be applied more effectively as ‘if it bleeds it leads. The newspapers definitely don’t invalidate Jenkins as he was writing about TV that usually has a much more active fandom however suggests it may not apply to news media.
ReplyDeleteTask 2: Jenkins theorises that the internet opens a whole new world, placing power into hands of consumers. They can now form communities, subcultures of their own and empowering them to take charge of media. Consumers are forming collectives and spreading media. This suggests this does happen with the Guardian but only with a viral story about Palestine, as virality is intrenched in our ideas and therefore, only spreadable because it’s a high interest story. On twitter (X), the Stranger Things account has interactivity where the engagement is stable whatever they post, as the consumers are genuine fans and look forward to receiving special teasers while waiting for the last season of the show to release. The account has less followers than the Guardian, however using the word ‘fandom’ for a newspaper may be the wrong way to describe it as interactivity with Newspapers are low (low number of comments). The Guardian newspaper is different from a YouTube Creator, for example, Jacksepticeye as he’s more relatable for his target audience, easier access to connect with fans and churning out content that consumers now they will enjoy and watch.
ReplyDeleteJenkin's idea of fandoms is true to the extent that Stranger Things has a fandom with active and creative participants, this can be proved as Stranger Things has multiple verified X profiles with over 1 million followers and 10k posts. This engagement is a way for fans to share their love for the TV show and discuss ideas and conspiracies with others. Alternatively, X pages for The Guardian, for example, have 10.8 million followers and 860k posts as they are a news source, therefore will post more regularly. However, their viewer cannot be labelled as a fandom as they are simply consumers of news, for that reason Jenkin's theory does not apply in the same way.
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ReplyDeleteJenkins point is true to a certain extent as the internet does create a new place where the power can be in the consumers hands. There are now groups and communities' people can interact in. It does happen with the guardian but mainly when it’s an already viral story, especially about Palestine, and therefore is only spreadable because it is already well known. Stranger Things isn’t best described as a fandom as its interaction with newspapers is low and its just a consumer of news. However, it has several verified Twitter accounts with 1 million followers and 10k posts, the engagement is higher for Stranger Things than the Guardian.
Task 2:Jenkins's work has been instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. This is backed up by the stats, for example the Guardians, X (twitter) page has over 10.8 million followers, all of which can interact with every post, whether it is reposting it or commenting on the post, adding their opinion which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism. But the average post on their twitter only gets just over 20k views, which shows that they have low engagement, this could be due to their stories being harmless, and not particularly ‘spreadable media’ which may suggest that people only want to have a say in the matter when it is a viral story with more controversial post. This is particularly emphasized by the fact that the most engaged tweet of theirs over the last two days is about Palestine, and has over 200k views, and over 240 comments, which is considerably more than any other post. Jenkins theory could suggest that the Guardians engagement on their Twitter is significantly lower compared to other fandoms such as the Stranger Things whose fandom actively engages and comments on their feed which contribute to more spreadability amongst the Stranger Things community, meanwhile the community amongst the Guardian page is different as newspapers don’t have a fandom who are active on social media. Therefore, applying Jenkins’ theory is difficult as the Guardian defies it. Jenkins's framework is useful as it helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratized the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
ReplyDeleteThe usefulness of participatory culture is proved through the use of engagement from readers within comment sections on social media platforms.
ReplyDeleteJenkins theories on the evolution of audience participation and the rise of the 'prosumer' can be applied to the print media industry. He argues that social media and online platforms hasten a shift in audience roles from a passive consuming role to an active participatory role, creating and transforming content based on the original media. As newspapers join the online world, platforms such as the Guardian Online and Mail Online encourage and cultivate a community to better encourage readership and engagement. The Guardian has 10.9 million X followers, showing a focus on more longform and debate-open platforms in accordance to its left-wing and liberal values however the Mail Online focuses on using online consumerist trends like clickbait and 'fast news' on apps wherein alot of content is pushed to an audience in a short space of time such as Snapchat, where they have 15 million followers, and TikTok, where they have 7.7 million followers. This multimedia engagement helps to encourage commenting, liking, sharing and engagement with the outlet, letting audiences take a more active role in promoting and interacting with the news, passing on their values and ideologies as they do so. Jenkins' original research can be applied here to show that the online space has created a Collective intelligence online, democratising a space online where a community can discuss and participate in the culture of these news agencies in a diverse and equal space
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Jenkins's work highlights the impact of new media on audience participation and engagement.
ReplyDeleteHe argues the increased use of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards participatory culture, making audiences involved actively and creatively in the content, instead of being passive consumers.
In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement.
Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments, share articles on social media, and even submit their own stories and multimedia content. With The Guardian Online having a citizen media section in 2018. This encouragement is seen in the production and dissemination of newspaper’s contents on social medias that are directed towards platforms with varied demographics. For example, The Guardian has 10.9million Twitter followers, and MailOnline 2.8million, which creates an outlet for consumers to speak about and use content from the papers with fellow readers, and sometimes those with opposing viewpoints, this creates a variety in the creation and sharing process, potentially as a textual poacher.
By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda.
Showing that Jenkins's framework is helpful in understanding the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere through the audience use of participatory culture.
Jenkins looks at the ways ‘new’ media increases ‘participatory culture’. Participatory culture requires individuals to actively engage with media content and sharing it with a community of enthusiasts. Jenkin’s theory can be used when looking at specific media platforms and the way they allow individuals to share their own opinions to increase collaboration and co-creation. Social media platforms, such as X and Facebook, have allowed users to engage with media content. The Guardian Online has 10.9 million X followers, and the Daily Online has 2.8 million X followers. This allows users to share their opinions on a platform to engage with others, creating community engagement. By allowing audiences to voice their opinion, this encourages diverse opinions. News organisations are then able to have larger active engagment and have a strong support for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJenkins's work has been important showing the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues the increase of digital platforms has caused a shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. In online news, for example the MailOnline having 15 million Snapchat followeres, and the Guardians X page which has over 10.8 million followers, all of which can interact with every post, whether it is reposting it or commenting on the post, adding their opinion which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism. Both outlet encourage audiences to write comments, share articles , and submit their own multimedia content. The opening their platforms to user participation empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
ReplyDeleteJenkins was instrumental in highlighting the transformative impact that new media can have on audience participation and engagement, his argument is that the proliferation of accessible digital platforms has accelerated the growth of a participatory culture with a large shift from predominantly passive consumption towards active participation and creation of media, online platforms such as guardian and MailOnline encourage audiences to comment, share and in some situations submit their own stories. This is highlighted by the large amount of online users from both with the guardian having over 20m online users and MailOnline with more at just under 50m due to their exclusive nature as online. By opening their platforms to participation with so many online users it enables them to have a more active role in shaping the news agenda helping create a more democratic media climate which can be better understood with jenkins framework on the development and growth of media.
ReplyDeleteJenkins's work highlights the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has increased the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement, especially through their social media pages. For example, the Guardian has a twitter page with around 11 million followers. Their followers can interact with all of the Guardian’s posts in the form of “retweeting”, trying to send it to a larger audience whilst also stating any of their own ideas and opinions about the matter at hand. The Daily Mail also has a large social media presence with over 20 million Facebook followers. Whilst Facebook doesn’t allow their followers to repost any content directly, they can still comment their ideas and opinions leading to more audience engagement and interaction and pulls away from the passive consumer role. By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
ReplyDeleteJenkins looks at the ways ‘new’ media increases ‘participatory culture’. Participatory culture requires individuals to actively engage with media content and sharing it with a community of enthusiasts. Jenkin’s theory can be used when looking at specific media platforms and the way they allow individuals to share their own opinions to increase collaboration and co-creation. Social media platforms, such as X and Facebook, have allowed users to engage with media content. The Guardian Online has 10.9 million X followers, and the Daily Online has 2.8 million X followers which lets users to share their opinions on a platform to engage with others, creating community engagement. This then encourages audiences to engage in citizen journalism, encouraging other users to be submerged in a range of diverse opinions and therefore adopting a more open mind set. News organisations are then able to have larger active engagement with users, creating a strong support for sharing and begin to blur the producer/ consumer role.
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enkins's work has highlighted the transformative impact of new media on audience participation and engagement. He argues that the proliferation of digital platforms has accelerated the shift towards a participatory culture, where audiences are no longer passive consumers but active and creative participants in the production and dissemination of content. In the realm of online news, platforms like The Guardian Online and MailOnline have embraced user-generated content to enhance reader engagement. Both outlets encourage audiences to contribute comments, share articles on social media, and even submit their own stories and multimedia content. The Guardian have By opening their platforms to user participation, these news organisations empower audiences to play a more active role in shaping the news agenda. Jenkins's framework helps us understand how the development of new media technologies has democratised the news-making process, allowing for diverse voices and perspectives to be heard in the digital public sphere.
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ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of 'collective intelligence,' which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online embraced citizen journalism in its "Comment is Free" allowing readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online affirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while also remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced 'participatory culture' as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic. However, it is important to realise that the "Comment is Free" section no longer exists due to insufficient interest from readers, which may invalidate Jenkin's theory, or at least suggest that it lacks validity when applied to the way that audiences use online news platforms.
Jenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. But this no longer exists, which shows that people were not interested in putting their opinions in on the story, this may imply that citizen journalism is not as influential as Jenkins makes it out to be. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have tried to embrace participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic, but it was not successful.
ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allowed readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. However, the removal of this section suggests that it wasn’t being used by the 24.2m monthly visitors therefore lacking any real participatory culture. While embracing citizen journalism has reaffirmed the Guardian Online’s commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, the lack of a real fandom seems to invalidate Jenkins for the website. Jenkins therefore isn’t very useful since the audience of the Guardian Online are still passive consumers despite the Guardian’s attempts to embrace participatory culture through offering voices to their audience.
ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. However, due to a lack of interest from readers this section no longer exists, The Guardian online has attempted to reaffirm its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. However, this was unsuccessful. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have tried to embrace participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic however it also suggests that audiences seem to not trust or search for citizen journalism whilst on a mainstream news site and value professional mainstream journalism over the participatory and diverse Comment is Free section.
ReplyDeleteTASK 3 = Jenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic. However, the ‘comment is free’ section is no longer on The Guardian Online, as it was not used by viewers, possibly not supporting Jenkin's theory of audience engagement.
ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic. However, it is arguable that Jenkins’s theory is not met in this situation as the “comment is free” section was removed, perhaps suggesting that it did not affect the participation of the audience.
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ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work creates the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism in its "Comment is Free" section, which allows readers to share their opinion on a wide range of topics giving more diverse voices and perspectives.
By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape.
The “Comment is Free” section does not exist anymore, which proves that people did not find it useful, and it wasn’t helping citizen Journalism.
However, the MailOnline has 15 million Snapchat followers, and the Guardians Twitter page has over 10.8 million followers, they can all interact with every post and add their opinion which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism in a more updated way.
Jenkin’s highlights the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. (This section no longer exists.) By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic and allows users to engage in the online news content. On the other hand, The ‘comments is free’ section as it did not gain enough interest from readers, potentially this could invalidate his theory of having a fandom or even citizen journalism.
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ReplyDeleteJenkins emphasises the idea of 'collective intelligence', which he sees as an alternative source of media power, related to convergence culture, which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism, for example their 'comment is free' section, allowing readers to express their own opinion on a number of topics which diversifies perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability and inclusivity, whilst still remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in distinguishing between platforms that enhance participatory culture and uses it more like a marketing tool.
ReplyDeleteJenkins' theory of participatory culture emphasises the active role of audiences in creating, sharing, and engaging with content, highlighting how digital platforms enable users to contribute to cultural production rather than simply consuming it. This theory is vital in understanding audience engagement with online newspapers like The Guardian and Mail Online. This theory proposes that audiences are not just passive consumers but active participants in content creation and distribution. For instance, The Guardian encourages user interaction through comment sections and social media sharing, fostering a community where readers can discuss articles and contribute their perspectives. In contrast, Mail Online utilises headlines and clickable content, driving user engagement through sharing and commenting, but often prioritises viral reach over in-depth discussions. These approaches reveals that Jenkins' theory effectively highlights how both platforms engage their audiences differently, with The Guardian leaning towards informed dialogue and Mail Online focusing on quick, widespread engagement, illustrating the varying levels of participatory culture in online news consumption.
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ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points out the advantage of 'collective intelligence,' which allows users to collaborate in ways that involve distributive knowledge and lead to creative solutions. This manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian online embraced citizen journalism in its "Comment is Free" allowing readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives, and decentralising the Guardian's control of news-making. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced 'participatory culture' as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic. However, it is important to realise that the "Comment is Free" section no longer exists. The removal of this section suggests that it wasn’t being used by the 24.2m monthly visitors therefore lacking any real participatory culture. While embracing citizen journalism has reaffirmed the Guardian Online’s commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, the lack of a real fandom seems to invalidate Jenkins' usefulness when analysing the way that audiences use the website because the audience of the Guardian Online appear to be passive consumers despite the Guardian’s attempts to embrace participatory culture. That said, there is still evidence of 'participatory culture' and 'spreadable' media via The Guardian's X page, and it may be that the news media equivalent of fandom chose to engage in 'collective intelligence' by using social media, further decentralising control. If that is so, then Jenkins is wholly valid.
Jenkins highlights the idea of ‘collective intelligence’ which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. The guardian online for some years embraced its ‘comments is free’ section allowing readers to give their commentary on different topics, but this section no longer exists meaning the audience can't give their opinion anymore, which is not helping with citizen journalism. However, since the rise of social media barley any audience members used the ‘comment is free’ section and instead using twitter – reason they got rid of this section – meaning that their twitter following is now quite important - 10.9 million followers. By embracing citizen journalism, the guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while staying at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in indetifying between platforms that embrace participatory culture to help enhance the content of their liberalism by offering a voice to a wider demographic.
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ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests in online news in the form of citizen journalism. Collective intelligence is the idea of audiences using platforms to work together, bringing individual knowledge together through interaction, creating comments, solutions and products.
The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section. It allowed readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. However, here it could be argued that Jenkins is not useful as this section no longer exists, due to a lack of audience use and engagement, implying a lack of participatory culture despite their extremely large number of online visitors. But this is contrasted by the use of social media, including X (which they have 10.9m followers on), being used for audiences to make comments towards the Guardian.
Jenkins could therefore be useful in applying participatory culture within some newspapers, to enhance their framework of liberalism and journalistic integrity. But this is contradicted by the current absence of the “Comment is Free” section through the Guardian.
Jenkins work points to the idea of “collective intelligence”, which is the shared or group intelligence that emerges when people work together, often with the help of technology, to solve complex problems.
ReplyDeleteJenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” which manifests as distributed Knowledge. Knowledge and expertise are distributed across a group of people, each individual would possess unique skills, insights, and experiences that contribute to the collective pool aiding in the idea of “citizen journalism”. The Guardian online has embraced this collaborative method in its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, it allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape, this proves that Jenkins theory is effective in understanding how an audience interacts and uses online newspapers. However, the Guardians “comment is free” section was not used enough and was scrapped by the company which emphasises Jenkins ideas on the active participation of the audience being needed to create collective intelligence. Whereas, the Guardians Twitter page has over 10.8 million followers, in which audiences are able to interact with every post and add opinions which leads to an increased amount of citizen journalism in a more updated way.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Jenkins fans are devoted followers of media texts who actively engage with the products to construct their own meanings and interpretations beyond the original message which is referred to as "collective intelligence". The Guardian online has embraced citizen journalism; its "Comment is Free" section, for instance, allows readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online has reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. Jenkins is therefore useful in identifying the way that some newspapers have embraced participatory culture as a way to enhance content within their liberal agenda by offering a voice to a wider demographic. However, the "comment is free" section was used by the Guardian 10 years ago and was removed as it wasn't being used which could question the validity of Jenkins idea of citizen journalism and fandom as it's clear that fans weren't as devoted as Jenkins would expected to be.
ReplyDeleteJenkin's theory explores how a 'collective intelligence' arises in a community, manifesting as citizen journalism when in the field of online news. Collective intelligence offers a combined pool of knowledge and skill to members of a particular fandom, aiding in participatory culture as a consumer takes a more active role in creating media to do with the original content, here being newspaper organisations. The Guardian encourage citizen journalism as it aligns with their core values as a liberal leftist paper promoting equality, diversity, and the preservation of independent journalism. In the present day, they promote audience participation through social media, offering audiences a space to use to interact with eachother and give their own opinions on news, shown by their favour for more longform social media platforms like X. This allows the Guardian to retain their focus on journalistic values while striving to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of media and the rise of new media. One can see a shift in The Guardian Online's approach to promoting this behaviour, scrapping their "comment is free" section on their website, now focusing on social media, expanding into a public space for more interaction and visibility of engagement in a public social media platform rather than a private website dedicated to the Guardian Online only. This movement into the public space allows more people to engage in the participatory culture and moreso textually poach media that is pushed more on socials due to such public participation, offering use of interaction to a larger audience in a more engaging and active space. Therefore, Jenkins is useful in identifying how audiences are given opportunities to interact and use online resources to engage in participatory culture with online news platforms, and how online news companies adapt and change to better encourage such interaction over time.
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Jenkin's theory on fandoms explores how 'collective intelligence' pools of knowledge and cooperative collaboration arise in communities. This can be applied to online news in the form of citizen journalism. The Guardian Online used to promote this through a dedicated 'Comment is free' section on their website, however, in recent years, have scrapped this idea in favour of developing their social media presence, such as the more longform platform X. Moving from a private section on their own site and into a public space not only gives more opportunities to an audience to both textually poach and work within the 'collective intelligence' but also offers such use to a larger base of interactive members in this participatory culture. This encouragement of citizen journalism aligns with the Guardian's core values as a liberal leftist paper promoting equality, diversity, and the preservation of independent journalism, also allowing them to keep up with the ever-changing media landscape and rise of new media. Therefore, Jenkins is useful in identifying how audiences are given opportunities to interact and use online resources to engage in participatory culture with online news platforms, and how online news companies adapt and change to better encourage such interaction over time.
Jenkin’s work points to the idea of “collective intelligence,” the idea that if many people come together to work on something, they will all bring in their own collective skills and experiences to elevate the piece of work to a higher standard. This can be done with online newspapers through citizen journalism. Citizen Journalism is when people who read the newspapers can input their own ideas and experiences, for the newspapers to talk about. The Guardian online had embraced citizen journalism ten years ago with its "Comment is Free" section, which allowed readers to contribute opinion pieces and commentary on a wide range of topics, amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. By embracing citizen journalism, The Guardian online had reaffirmed its commitment to journalistic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusivity, while remaining at the forefront of digital innovation in the media landscape. However, this feature eventually got removed due to the fact that nobody was commenting via the “comment is free” section, showing that although the Guardian Online was trying to incorporate citizen journalism, the readers didn’t want to have their voices heard. Jenkins is therefore not so useful in identifying the ways audiences use online newspapers to contribute their own ideas and show that participation isn’t the most important thing for most readers.
ReplyDeleteJenkins highlights the importance of ‘collective intelligence’ in his work, which can be linked to ‘citizen journalism’ when applying his theory to newspapers. Citizen Journalism is where audiences create and share content in order to increase diversity and the range of opinions. The Guardian incorporates the idea of Citizen Journalism within their online news stories, through the comment function. Users are able to comment on news stories on various different topics. By allowing audiences to voice their opinions, transparency and inclusivity is promoted within the Guardian so that a larger demographic can be reached. However, the Guardian used to have a ‘Comment is free’ section which proved to be popular amongst readers, but with the rise of social media, this removed the need for the Guardian to focus on the comment section. Therefore, Jenkins theory can be proved useful when understanding audience participation as newspaper outlets such as The Guardian embrace this to increase readership.
ReplyDeleteJenkins' theory of participatory culture emphasises the active role of audiences in creating, sharing, and engaging with content, highlighting how digital platforms enable users to contribute to cultural production rather than simply consuming it so therefore the audience become 'prosumers' as they acts as producers and consumers. This theory is vital in understanding audience engagement with online newspapers like The Guardian and Mail Online. This theory proposes that audiences are not just passive consumers but active participants in content creation and distribution. For instance, The Guardian encourages user interaction through comment sections and social media sharing, fostering a community where readers can discuss articles and contribute their perspectives. In contrast, Mail Online utilises headlines and clickable content, driving user engagement through sharing and commenting, but often prioritises viral reach over in-depth discussions. These approaches reveals that Jenkins' theory effectively useful when highlighting how both platforms engage their audiences differently and create audience us, with The Guardian leaning towards informed dialogue and Mail Online focusing on quick, widespread engagement, illustrating the varying levels of participatory culture in online news consumption.
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ReplyDeleteWhile Jenkins’s work clearly points to the fact that online audiences have greater opportunities to engage with and contribute to news content on platforms like Guardian Online and MailOnline, some theorists argue that the oligarchy of media conglomerates still has significant power to control online content. These conglomerates, with their vast resources and established networks, maintain a considerable presence in the digital media landscape, influencing the production, distribution, and consumption of news content online. Even though both these platforms encourage participatory culture, this makes up only a fraction of their content or it serves as a tool to bring more clicks to what they see as their ‘real’ work.
This may be supported by the title “FAT JABS FOR JOBLESS”, (as Labour plan to give the unemployed free Ozempic, as it will help them get to work and ‘ease demands on NHS and economy’) the word jobless depicts the unemployed as a lower class, lazy and that they are underserving, as the large companies may be looking on the less fortunate and therefore presenting them as undeserving, whereas the average citizen journalism may be supportive of this idea as they may be in the position where they could receive the jab. This story is not necessarily clickbait but one to stir controversy as it is sensationalism due to the language being used which will then increase its spread ability which is important for the MailOnline as they just want views whether they are supportive or not as they are not trying to build a fandom, but just to get as many eyes on their website as possible.
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ReplyDeleteWhile Jenkins’s work clearly points to the fact that online audiences have greater opportunities to engage with and contribute to news content on platforms like Guardian Online and MailOnline, some theorists argue that the oligarchy of media conglomerates still has significant power to control online content. For example, MailOnline may appear to offer democratisation to is online users, by allowing them to like, share and comment, but these comments are highly curated to control the discourse and clickbait headlines and spreadable content (like lists and image heavy content) dominate most of their social media pages. So, while the MailOnline capitalises on participatory culture and spreadability to engage readers and ensure its content goes viral (a term which Jenkins disliked), it does so in a way that prioritises monetisation and editorial control rather than fostering open, democratic participation; the antithesis of Jenkins’ idea of fandoms.
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ReplyDeleteProfessional journalists adhere to ethical standards, fact-checking procedures, and editorial oversight to ensure the accuracy, credibility, and accountability of news reporting. While citizen journalism and user-generated content have expanded the range of voices and perspectives in online news, they may lack the journalistic rigour and resources to navigate complex issues and provide in-depth analysis. Despite their lack of resources, citizen journalists have sometimes used false press cards and fake audits to film police stations which goes against both the Guardian Online and MailOnline’s values of journalism as a professional practice for trained journalists who investigate stories, verify information and uphold editorial standards. Mail Online has created multiple sensationalist articles about citizen journalism to gain views which seems to debunk Jenkins’s work for newspapers since Mail Online is explicitly trying to get rid of ‘participatory culture’ for the sake of views. Jenkins’s work is focused primarily on the fandoms that grow up around media phenomena like TV shows, film franchises and the like, so while it does provide some insight into the growing participatory culture around online news, it is limited in its scope to address an industry that is intended to be built on truth and rigour.
TASK 4 = Furthermore, professional journalists adhere to ethical standards, fact-checking procedures, and editorial oversight to ensure the accuracy, credibility, and accountability of news reporting. While citizen journalism and user-generated content have expanded the range of voices and perspectives in online news, they may lack the journalistic rigour and resources to navigate complex issues and provide in-depth analysis. Guardian Online and MailOnline, as reputable news outlets, value journalism as a professional practice, employing trained journalists to investigate stories, verify information, and uphold editorial standards. An example of how the media was used as a way of spreading information and having others' views on the topic was the disappearance of Jay Slater in June 2024. This news story caused a lot of people to begin speculating on the internet and explain their theories, not knowing what was right, or what was wrong. Two months later MailOnline posted a new story claiming to know ‘why Jay Slater went missing,’ after reading the article they decide to keep information unknown to respect the family’s privacy in their time of grief. This news story is an example of clickbait, a device used where newspapers will use captivating headlines in order to bring readers in, however, most of the time the article will not have the information you would have been expecting to get. Therefore, the newspapers will appear to have more readers and audience engagement. By using clickbait on a story that was so widely spread across all platforms, such as Jay Slater’s death, MailOnline will invest readers of all ages. However, Jenkins’s work is focused primarily on the fandoms that grow up around media phenomena like TV shows, film franchises and the like, although, in some ways the Jay Slater tragedy created fandoms/ collectives of people who wanted to share their opinions on what could have happened, and those who wanted the truth. So, while it does provide some insight into the growing participatory culture around online news, it is limited in its scope to address an industry that is intended to be built on truth and rigour.
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ReplyDeleteProfessional journalists adhere to ethical standards, fact-checking procedures, and editorial oversight to ensure the accuracy, credibility, and accountability of news reporting. While citizen journalism and user-generated content have expanded the range of voices and perspectives in online news, they may lack the journalistic rigour and resources to navigate complex issues and provide in-depth analysis. The Guardian Online and MailOnline, value journalism as a professional practice, employing trained journalists to investigate stories, verify information, and uphold editorial standards. However, the Guardian Online’s decision to refuse to sign up to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (ISPO), which is a regulating committee for new outlets, upholds the notion that they are adhering to Jenkins’ theory of a participatory culture by providing inclusivity for citizen journalists. Moreover, the MailOnline is a member of IPSO, which creates a limitation on the participatory culture and flexibility for textual poachers who use media elements to create their own culture. As a result of this decision, the MailOnline has restricted the collective intelligence that can be generated from citizen journalists as the company is attempting to ensure “transparency to improve trust” by choosing to be regulated by an independent press regulator. Jenkins’s work is focused primarily on the fandoms that grow up around media phenomena like TV shows, film franchises, so while it does provide some insight into the growing participatory culture around online news, it is limited in its scope to address an industry that is intended to be built on truth and rigour.
Guardian Online and MailOnline, as reputable news outlets, value journalism as a professional practice, employing trained journalists to investigate stories, verify information, and uphold editorial standards. While citizen journalism and user-generated content have expanded the range of voices and perspectives in online news, they may lack the journalistic rigour and resources to provide credible content. With some citizen journalists using fake press cards, the validity of journalistic content will decrease. However, Jenkins’s work is focused primarily on the fandoms around TV shows and film franchises and the like, so while it does provide some insight into the growing participatory culture around online news, it is limited in its scope to address an industry that is intended to be built on truth and rigour.
ReplyDeleteTASK 4: In line with Jenkins's theory of participatory culture, where audiences are seen as active contributors rather than passive consumers of media, platforms like Guardian Online and MailOnline indeed provide users with more opportunities to engage, contribute, and even shape the news landscape. However, as seen in articles like The Guardian's “Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González,” it's clear that media still maintain significant control over the production and framing of content. The article, written by Shaun Walker, highlights complex political issues involving alleged espionage and although it may invite user interaction through comments or social media sharing, the power to set the narrative is still primarily in the hands of the news organisation. The resources and networks that conglomerates possess allow them to influence not only how a story is presented but also its reach, potentially downplaying the participatory aspects Jenkins promotes. This example shows that while participatory culture exists, it often functions within a structure where the oligarchic influence of media conglomerates still dominates much of the online news landscape. Platforms may encourage user contributions or interaction to boost engagement and clicks, but this often serves as a complement to their main editorial agenda. The participatory elements, in this context, become tools to increase traffic or support the distribution of what the platforms regard as their 'real' journalistic work. while audiences may have greater voice and agency, their role is still largely limited by the overbearing control of these media giants.
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