We are very pleased to announce that one of our papers examining participatory journalism in the context of the approaches of John Dewey and Walter Lippmann has been published. “The Active Recipient: Participatory Journalism Through the Lens of the Dewey-Lippmann Debate”, lead author Alfred Hermida, is included in the second issue of the #ISOJ Journal, the official […]

The video of Alfred Hermida’s presentation at the International Symposium on Online Journalism at UT Austin in April 2011 is now available. The talk draws on the research for the Participatory Journalism book. In the presentation, Prof Hermida suggests that journalists view audiences as “active recipients”, somewhere between passive receivers and active creators of content.

Co-author Alfred Hermida presented a paper drawing on the research for the Participatory Journalism book at the International Symposium on Online Journalism on April 2, 2011. The paper (PDF), The Active Recipient: Participatory Journalism through the Lens of the Lippmann-Dewey Debate, draws on the perspectives of Walter Lippmann and John Dewey on the role of the media […]

We will be presenting a paper based on the research for the book at the International Online Journalism Symposium at UT Austin, April 1-2. The paper, “The Active Recipient: Participatory Journalism Through the Lens of the Dewey-Lippmann Debate,” is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Here’s the abstract for the paper: While news outlets are providing significant […]