Friday, March 28, 2008

Media Re:Public, part 2

Roberto Suro, USC Annenberg:

Is making the point that we should decouple journalism as a social act and as an enterprise. Also, he wants to discuss the terminology, making a distinction between participatory journalism and the journalism of participation.
Participatory journalism "networks of people and institutions collaborating..." in the exercise of journalism. The journalism of participation"is the forms of journalism that foster participation in a civic space."

"We must ask what are the outcomes... We must look for outcomes beyond simple participation..." Does it make participation more representative or not, government more effective or not?