Books / Böcker

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://gupea-staging.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/33960

Browse

Browsing Books / Böcker by Subject "alternative media"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Battling Mainstream Media, Commentators and Organized Debaters Experiences from Citizens’ Online Opinion Writing in Sweden
    (Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2014-11-25) Larsson, Sofia; Carlsson, Ulla; Nordicom
    This article presents the results of a qualitative interview study on citizen opinion writers who are active on a citizen media website in Sweden. The study explores the writers’ experi - ences of participating in the alternative and citizen media landscape online, their purposes, the benefits and finally what impedes their participation. The results paint a picture of a sole grass-roots writer who aims to reach the broad political sphere using a mix of strategies to participate, oppose the mainstream media or use the Web as a writing gym. The restrictive powers they encounter are associated with mainstream media, commentators and organized debaters. This is discussed as causing a narrower public debate, less participation and less counter-hegemonic content