Journalism and Citizenship

Zizi Papacharissi is Professor and Head of the Communication Department, University of Illinois-Chicago. Her research focuses on the social and political uses of newer media, and has appeared in New Media & Society, Harvard Journal of International Press & Politics, and the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, among other journals. She is currently working on The Networked Self, an edited volume on online social networks, and A Private Sphere, a monograph volume on contemporary and digitally enabled modes of civic engagement.

• Introduction - Mark Tremayne Part I: Journalism in the 21st Century Liquid Journalism for a Monitorial Citizenry - Mark Deuze Media Literacy in a Media-Saturated Age - Dan Gillmor Changing Audiences, Uncertainty and Control - Wilson Lowrey Part II: Civic Engagement with New Journalism The Citizen is The Message: Online Media and Civic Journalism - Zizi Papacharissi History Writing 2.0: Journalist and Citizen Agenda-Setters in the Coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s Anniversary - Sue Robinson Mapping Citizen Coverage of the Dual City - Lou Rutigliano Part III: The Influence of Blogs on Mainstream Journalism What the Blogger Knows: The Emerging Knowledge Practices of Personal Journalism - Donald Matheson Media on Media: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Professional Mass Media and Bloggers - Monica Postelnicu Part VI: The Public’s Relationship With Digital Content It’s All About Attention: News-Seeking and Information Overload in the Digital Age - H. Iris Chyi The Many Faced ‘You’ of Social Media - Sharon Meraz Important News but Complex: How the Web Generates Public Interest in and Understanding of Science, Health and Technology - Ron Yaros

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