Media and Participation A Site of Ideological-Democratic Struggle

Author/creator Carpentier, Nico Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBristol : Intellect, Limited Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description405 p. ill 09.000 x 07.000 in.
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Summary Annotation 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 &#40;democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media&#41; and in eight different cases of media practice. These case studies also show participation&#8217;s close connection to power, identity, organization, technology and quality.<br /><br />
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ISBN9781841504070
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