The (R)evolution of Audience Power

Or does the rise of user-generated content signal a radical power shift between media organisations and their audiences?

Nonfiction, Computers, Application Software, Multimedia
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Author: Saskia Scheibel ISBN: 9783640956265
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: July 12, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Saskia Scheibel
ISBN: 9783640956265
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: July 12, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 'Distinction' (< 1,3), London School of Economics (Media and Communications), course: The Audience in Media and Communications, language: English, abstract: 'Will the internet set us free?' is the provoking question McChesney (1999) raised a decade ago (pp. 119). By this he means if new modes of communication will relativise the supposed dominant power of media organisations. It would not be the first time in the history of media that a new form of media challenges the power of established media organisations (Curran, 2002). Especially with the rise of user-generated-content - finally enabling the audience to create their own meanings (Bruns, 2007) - has undeniable potential to break with old power structures in favour of the audience. This power shift, however, might just be a moment of euphoria rather than a long-term condition since it seems unlikely that big corporate media organisations will witness their disempowerment passively. The following discourse will illustrate why a power shift between media organisations and their audiences is, indeed, visible but cannot be considered radical. This notion will be supported by examples of empirical research taking into account the complex nature of power relations and the contradicting views related to media power before and after the rise of user-generated-content.

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Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 'Distinction' (< 1,3), London School of Economics (Media and Communications), course: The Audience in Media and Communications, language: English, abstract: 'Will the internet set us free?' is the provoking question McChesney (1999) raised a decade ago (pp. 119). By this he means if new modes of communication will relativise the supposed dominant power of media organisations. It would not be the first time in the history of media that a new form of media challenges the power of established media organisations (Curran, 2002). Especially with the rise of user-generated-content - finally enabling the audience to create their own meanings (Bruns, 2007) - has undeniable potential to break with old power structures in favour of the audience. This power shift, however, might just be a moment of euphoria rather than a long-term condition since it seems unlikely that big corporate media organisations will witness their disempowerment passively. The following discourse will illustrate why a power shift between media organisations and their audiences is, indeed, visible but cannot be considered radical. This notion will be supported by examples of empirical research taking into account the complex nature of power relations and the contradicting views related to media power before and after the rise of user-generated-content.

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