The concept of a networked counterpublic is certainly useful in the arc of history—it helps us gain an appreciation for the means by which counterpublics fought for mass-media attention in the past. As a contemporary concept, however, it is significantly less so. It is hard to imagine a group, marginalized […]
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I feel as though it’s easy to want to present a definition of civic media that calls to mind images of change, influence, and nobleness. I hesitate, however, to go beyond a very boring and un-romantic assertion that civic media is any channel (be it vetted or otherwise) that informs […]