New Special Journal Issue: Anchoring the Critical in Media Research
The special issue of the academic journal Javnost - The Public, entitled Anchoring the Critical in Media Research was published early April 2016, as volume 23, issue 1. It was guest-edited by Ilija Tomanić Trivundža and Nico Carpentier.
Nico Carpentier's article in the special issue, "Beyond the Ladder of Participation: An Analytical Toolkit for the Critical Analysis of Participatory Media Processes" is freely available (as it was published as open access), at the Javnost - The Public webpage and at the Diva portal.
Table of contents of the special issue:
Grounding Communication Studies in Enlightenment Criticality: Scaling Up Theoretical and Dialectical Ambition - Ed McLuskie
The New Spirit of Capitalism, Innovation Fetishism and New Information and Communication Technologies - Marko Ampuja
Inequality and Liberal Democracy: A Critical Take on Economic and Political Power Aspects - Paschal Preston
A Radical Democratic Reform of Media Regulation in Response to Three Levels of Crisis - Hannu Nieminen
Beyond the Ladder of Participation: An Analytical Toolkit for the Critical Analysis of Participatory Media Processes - Nico Carpentier
Being (Truly) Critical in Media and Communication Studies: Reflections of a Media Scholar Between Science and Politics - Kaarle Nordenstreng
The articles in the special issue can be accessed through the Javnost - The Public webpage.
Nico Carpentier is professor in media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University.