Beyond the paradox of political disengagement: a comprehensive approach to mediatised civic participation
(2019) NordMedia 2019: Communication, Creativity & Imagination — Location: Malmö (Sweden) (21.August.2019)
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- This presentation conceptualises mediatised civic participation to support the study of the media practices mobilised by people engaged in activities serving the common good. Based on a thorough literature review, it highlights the plural role given to media into civic participation. Civic participation is a complex concept, integrating people’s contribution (through ideas and competencies) into a bigger picture made of the social enjoyment and individual recognition derived from civic engagement. The concept of mediatised civic participation thereby problematizes the societal aim of media literacy – i.e. creating autonomous and socialised, expressive and analytical citizens in a digitalised world – in relation to theories developed by political science, sociology and philosophy. This conceptual work calls the traditional methods used to study the relationship between media literacy and civic participation into question. Three types of studies have been identified. Facing these methods, my contribution emphasises the need for a qualitative and comprehensive method to study the relationship between media literacy and civic engagement. By integrating the actors’ expertise into the definition of the norm (i.e. comprehensive method) and studying practices serving the common good and the proper functioning of democracy (i.e. collectivist approach), this paper offers a way to problematize the evolution of political participation and its implications in terms of media literacy.
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Burton, L. (2019). Beyond the paradox of political disengagement: a comprehensive approach to mediatised civic participation. NordMedia 2019: Communication, Creativity & Imagination, Malmö (Sweden). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/61098