The Audience is the Media: Limitations and Contradictions of the Korean “OhmyNews” Site
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2009.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : In the world of participatory media, where readers can become authors in their turn, audiences are as much the means as the end. To illustrate the point, this article describes a study of the Korean “OhmyNews” site, which is cited across the world as an example of a hybrid medium associating citizen-reporters and reporters as citizens. This analysis shows the contradictions of the model and its inability to choose between a horizontal and a vertical conception of information.
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In the world of participatory media, where readers can become authors in their turn, audiences are as much the means as the end. To illustrate the point, this article describes a study of the Korean “OhmyNews” site, which is cited across the world as an example of a hybrid medium associating citizen-reporters and reporters as citizens. This analysis shows the contradictions of the model and its inability to choose between a horizontal and a vertical conception of information.
Réseaux sociaux