--- Apologies for cross-posting--- New Book: Media and Participation. A site of ideological-democratic struggle By Nico Carpentier http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4744/ Intellect ISBN 9781841504070 405 pages Short Description 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 (democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media) and in eight different cases of media practice. Among the case studies are the first interactive film, reality-tv and audience discussion programmes, community radio stations, an alternative radio exchange database and a series of vlogs and online video films. These case studies also show participation's close connection to power, identity, organization, technology and quality. Chapter titles Introduction Chapter 1: Defining Participation: An Interdisciplinary Overview 1. Democratic theory and participation 2. Beyond democratic theory 3. Audience participation and communication (rights) Chapter 2: Keyword Power 1. A conceptual introduction 2. Case 1: Management in the north Belgian audience discussion programme Jan Publiek 3. Case 2: Barometer and the post-political Chapter 3: Keyword Identity 1. A conceptual introduction 2. Case 1: The construction of ordinary people in Jan Publiek 3. Case 2: Temptation Island reality TV and minimalist participation Chapter 4: Keyword Organization 1. A conceptual introduction 2. Case 1: BBC¹s Video Nation 3. Case 2: RadioSwap Chapter 5: Keyword Technology 1. A conceptual introduction 2. Case: Kinoautomat One man and his house. The lack of uptake of participatory technology Chapter 6: Keyword Quality 1. A conceptual introduction 2. Case 1: 16plus, Barometer and the rejection of participatory products 3. Case 2: Alternative and community media constructions of quality: Negotiated quality Chapter 7: A Short Conclusion -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nico Carpentier-Reifova ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW BOOK: Media and Participation. A site of ideological-democratic struggle (Intellect, 2011, 409p.) http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4744/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Loughborough University / Department of Social Sciences Loughborough / Leicestershire LE11 3TU / UK T: + 44 (0)1509 222987 F: + 44 (0)1509 223944 Room: U3:15 (Brockington Building) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about the MA in Media and Cultural Analysis& the MA in Global Media and Cultural Industries @ http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/pg-taught/documents/MCCebrochure.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO) Pleinlaan 2 / B-1050 Brussels / Belgium T: + 32 (0)2-629.18.56 F: + 32 (0)2-629.36.84 Office: 5B.401a ----------------------------------------------------------------------- European Communication Research and Education Association Web: http://www.ecrea.eu ---------------------------- E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------