In little over a decade, essential concepts in research on communication have become
zombie concepts (Beck & Willms, 2004) and are no longer effective for understanding the …

In recent years, the rapid expansion of Web 2.0 tools has opened new possibilities for
audience participation in news, while “engagement” has become a media industry …

In a digital media environment where content distribution is shaped by technology
companies' algorithms and user behaviors, news organizations try to post content that can …

By engaging with journalists in the networked media environment, audiences can play a role
in shaping the epistemologies of journalism: how journalists know what they know, and …

In the context of increasing dissatisfaction with the role of public-facing social media in
democratic life, recent years show a growing number of non-public digital spaces in which …

En poco más de una década, conceptos esenciales de la investigación sobre comunicación
se han convertido en conceptos zombis (Beck; Willms, 2004) y no son eficaces para …

We present detailed analyses of the distribution of Appraisal categories (Martin and White,
2005) in a corpus of online news comments. The corpus consists of just over one thousand …

In any discussion about a “post-truth age,” the audience is both part of the problem and part
of the solution. The authority of journalism is called into question if everyone can participate …

Integrating user-generated content (UGC) has become an everyday practice in online
journalism. Previous research suggests this can have both a beneficial and detrimental …

Participation has become a key issue in contemporary journalism studies, yet research on
how the participatory space is being appropriated by users is rather limited. This article …