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[ecrea] New Book: Nico Carpentier - Media and Participation. A site of ideological-democratic struggle

Wed May 25 15:22:37 GMT 2011


New Book: Media and Participation. A site of ideological-democratic struggle
By Nico Carpentier
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4744/
Intellect
ISBN 9781841504070
405 pages

Short Description

Participation has become fashionable again, but at the same time it has always played a crucial role in our contemporary societies, and it has been omnipresent in a surprisingly large number of societal fields. In the case of the media sphere, the present-day media conjuncture is now considered to be the most participatory ever, but media participation has had a long and intense history. To deal with these paradoxes, this book looks at participation as a structurally unstable concept and as the object of a political-ideological struggle that makes it oscillate between minimalist and maximalist versions. This struggle is analysed in theoretical reflections in five fields (democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media) and in eight different cases of media practice. Among the case studies are the first interactive film, reality-tv and audience discussion programmes, community radio stations, an alternative radio exchange database and a series of vlogs and online video films. These case studies also show participation's close connection to power, identity, organization, technology and quality.


Chapter titles

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining Participation: An Interdisciplinary Overview
1. Democratic theory and participation
2. Beyond democratic theory
3. Audience participation and communication (rights)

Chapter 2: Keyword ­ Power
1. A conceptual introduction
2. Case 1: Management in the north Belgian audience discussion programme Jan Publiek
3. Case 2: Barometer and the post-political

Chapter 3: Keyword ­ Identity
1. A conceptual introduction
2. Case 1: The construction of ordinary people in Jan Publiek
3. Case 2: Temptation Island ­ reality TV and minimalist participation

Chapter 4: Keyword ­ Organization
1. A conceptual introduction
2. Case 1: BBC¹s Video Nation
3. Case 2: RadioSwap

Chapter 5: Keyword ­ Technology
1. A conceptual introduction
2. Case: Kinoautomat ­ One man and his house. The lack of uptake of participatory technology

Chapter 6: Keyword ­ Quality
1. A conceptual introduction
2. Case 1: 16plus, Barometer and the rejection of participatory products
3. Case 2: Alternative and community media constructions of quality: Negotiated quality

Chapter 7: A Short Conclusion


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NEW BOOK:
Media and Participation. A site of ideological-democratic struggle
(Intellect, 2011, 409p.)
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4744/
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