Ethical concerns in journalism done by non-journalists

Comunicação e Sociedade ◽

10.17231/comsoc.25(2014).1874 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 278-288

Author(s):

Rogério Christofoletti

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Production Systems ◽

West Bank ◽

User Generated Content ◽

The West ◽

Ethical Concerns ◽

Media Ecosystem ◽

Post Industrial ◽

Ordinary Citizens

If journalism has become post-industrial, we observe facilitators production systems, and publication of user-generated content (UGC) and the performance of professional and amateur sharing. In this context, it is necessary to question how ordinary citizens who practice acts of journalism ethically justify their work. This article draws on three episodes (England, Brazil and the West Bank) to deepen a debate on the approximation of values of amateur and professional journalists. The text also reviews examples of organizations and professionals who strive to harmonize relations in this new media ecosystem.

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The genre repertoires of Norwegian beauty and lifestyle influencers on YouTube

Nordicom Review ◽

10.2478/nor-2021-0036 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 168-184

Author(s):

Aleksander Torjesen

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Genre Theory ◽

User Generated Content ◽

New Rhetoric ◽

Cultural Phenomenon ◽

Communicative Functions ◽

Media Ecosystem ◽

Production Practices

Abstract YouTube represents an increasingly popular cultural phenomenon in the contemporary Norwegian media landscape. Since the inception of the digital video platform over 15 years ago, personal videoblogging has emerged as one of its dominant types of user-generated content. In this article, I draw from New Rhetoric genre theory and netnographic approaches to explore the beauty and lifestyle sphere on YouTube, in which several emergent genres are situated within a new media ecosystem. Through a qualitative content analysis of seven established Norwegian YouTube channels, a total of 17 individual genres were identified. Furthermore, I elaborate upon how informational, instructional, and confessional communicative functions are utilised in audiovisual publications through conventionalised digital media production practices.

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Youth, self, other: A study of Ibdaa’s digital media practices in the West Bank, Palestine

International Journal of Cultural Studies ◽

10.1177/1367877915600546 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 100-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sanjay Asthana

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

New Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

West Bank ◽

The West ◽

Youth Media ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Media Narratives ◽

Persuasive Arguments

While research on youth media offers persuasive arguments about what young people are doing with information and communication technologies (ICTs), a significant absence from the literature pertains to the general neglect of Palestinian youth engagements with inexpensive ICTs and digital media forms. Despite a few perceptive analyses, several studies ignore the role of popular culture in Palestinian refugee life-worlds. This article explores how Palestinian youth living in a refugee camp in the West Bank appropriate old and new media to create personal and social narratives. Drawing insights from Paul Ricoeur’s work, non-representational theory, feminist, media, and cultural studies, the article probes the issues through a set of interrelated questions: What are the salient features of the Palestinian youth media initiative? What kinds of media narratives are produced and how do these relate to young people’s notions of identity and selfhood? How do young people refashion the notion of the political?

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