Participatory Journalism 2019 Abstracts
Crowdfunded Journalism from a Social Entrepreneurship Perspective • Jiyoung Cha, San Francisco State University • Crowdfunding is widely used for journalism. Given that the primary purpose of journalism is to provide information that citizens need, this study frames journalism crowdfunding as social entrepreneurship and investigates how narratives and entrepreneur characteristics influence citizens’ financial support for journalism projects. An analysis of 127 journalism campaigns provides both theoretical and practical implications for the role of narratives in gaining financial resources and the potential of crowdfunded journalism as a tool for social change.
Deep participation in underserved communities: A quantitative analysis of Hearken’s model for engagement journalism • Jennifer Cox, Salisbury University; Mark Poepsel, Dr. and Mrs. • Hearken is a news engagement platform allowing audiences to participate in the new process with the goal of helping news organizations provide hyperlocal journalism and news about and for underrepresented populations. This study employs a quantitative content analysis comparing listener-driven content with traditional reporter-driven content at four public radio stations. Findings reveal listener-driven content favors hyperlocal news on community history and lifestyle issues, while reporter-driven stories emphasize state-level governance and politics, and local crime.
¨We have to stand out to blend in¨: Ordinary transgender people in the news • Katherine Fink, Pace University; Ruth Palmer, IE University • This interview-based study focuses on the experiences of ordinary transgender people in U.S. news. Fifteen transgender people were asked about the circumstances that led to their appearances in the news and their experiences after articles were published. Despite the risks of going public, transgender news subjects often cited a responsibility to help other transgender people and to educate the public. Many envisioned a hopeful future in which being transgender alone would not make them newsworthy.
Reimagining Pathways to Democracy: User-Generated Content (UGC), Credibility, and Political Participation • Masahiro Yamamoto, University at Albany; Seungahn Nah; Hyesun Choung • This study assesses how journalistic credibility and consumption and production of user-generated content (UGC) are related to political participation. Data from a national online survey shows two sets of pathways. One concerns traditional communication-based pathways involving professional journalism credibility, traditional news use, political discussion, and self-efficacy. The other concerns citizen journalism credibility and consumption and production of UGC on citizen news websites. Consumption of UGC on professional news websites is related to political participation indirectly through political discussion and production of UGC on citizen news websites, respectively. Interestingly, consumption of UGC on professional news websites is negatively predicted by professional journalism credibility but positively by citizen journalism credibility. Results are discussed from a communication mediation perspective. Implications are presented for the role of citizen journalism in the political process.
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