News of the Action

The COST Action is over... but things are going on!

Submitted by patriarche on Sun, 03/09/2014 - 11:45

Dear all,

The COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, has come to an official end on 28 February 2014.

Last newsletter of WG2

Submitted by patriarche on Tue, 03/04/2014 - 23:40

Working Group 2 of the COST Action IS0906 "Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies", an initiative that coordinates research efforts into the key transformations of European audiences within a changing media and communication environment, by identifying their complex interrelationships with the social, cultural and political areas of European societies, presents a new edition of its newsletter.

Since the Action is now over, this is the last edition of this newsletter.

The publication is available at:

Proposal for an international comparative research project: Connectivity between audiences and journalists

Submitted by patriarche on Tue, 03/04/2014 - 23:23

Proposal for an international comparative research project

Title (prov.): Connectivity between the audience and the journalist: Regularization of the use of social media and information quality

Proposed by Hada M. Sánchez Gonzales (University of Seville, Spain) (WG2)

Deadline for expressions of interest (150 words with bibliography recommended): No later than 17 of March 2014.

See the project description in attachment to this webpage.

Sixth (and final) WG2 essay collection published: Alternative Media and Participation

Submitted by patriarche on Fri, 02/21/2014 - 11:43

The final WG2 TATS Cost Action essay/interview collection, entitled Alternative Media and Participation, which was edited by D. Beybin Kejanlioglu and Salvatore Scifo, has just been published.

It can be downloaded from the following locations:

Direct download:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/system/files/alternative%20med...

WG2 output page:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/node/303

Kind regards,
Nico

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Alternative Media and Participation

EDITORS
D. Beybin Kejanlioglu - Istanbul Aydin University

New publication of COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies (WG2): THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE - The values of critique and social relevance in research on communication and culture

Submitted by patriarche on Mon, 02/10/2014 - 11:36

New publication of COST Action Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies (WG2)

Special issue on
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE
The values of critique and social relevance in research on communication and culture

Edited by
Maria Francesca Murru, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
Nico Carpentier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Charles University)
Published in:
Comunicazioni Sociali - Rivista di media, spettacolo e studi culturali
Anno XXXV Nuova serie
N. 3, September – December 2013

Download from:

New WG2 special issue on Managerial issues related to audience transformation and production

Submitted by patriarche on Sat, 02/01/2014 - 22:30

Special Issue of Budapest Management Review on Managerial issues related to audience transformation and production

This special issue of Budapest Management Review is guest-edited in collaboration with the Working Group on “Audience interactivity and participation” of the COST Action IS0906 “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”.

COST Action special issue/edited book on "Methods for Analyzing Social Media" receives an award

Submitted by patriarche on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 11:34

The editorial board of the Journal of Technology in Human Services has chosen the double issue/book on "Methods for Analyzing Social Media" edited by Klaus Bredl, Julia Hünniger and Jakob Linaa Jensen as the winner of their Best Article award (of 2010 until 2013). The double issue/book focuses on researching social media, which is a complex but increasingly important topic.

The publication was supported by the COST Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies, as an initiative of Working Group 3 on "The role of media and ICT use for evolving social relationships".

New COST publication: Building Bridges: Pathways to a Greater Societal Significance for Audience Research (available online)

Submitted by patriarche on Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:43

New publication of the COST Action IS0906 Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies - http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu

Building Bridges: Pathways to a Greater Societal Significance for Audience Research

Available online: http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/node/1687

New WG2 special issue: Histories of media(ted) participation (CM - Communication Management Quarterly)

Submitted by patriarche on Mon, 01/27/2014 - 22:24

Special journal issue on Histories of media(ted) participation
Edited by Nico Carpentier & Peter Dahlgren
CM - Communication Management Quarterly
Nr. 30 (2014)

Free to download from:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/system/files/pub/CM30-SE-Web.pdf

New WG2 special issue: Participatory Journalism: Possibilities and Constraints for Audience Participation

Submitted by patriarche on Mon, 01/27/2014 - 10:57

New special issue of the COST Action IS0906: ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’: Working Group 2 ‘Audience Interactivity and Participation’

MEDIJSKA ISTRAŽIVANJA/MEDIA RESEARCH (2013, Vol. 19, No. 2):
Participatory Journalism: Possibilities and Constraints for Audience Participation

Editor-in-Chief: Nada Zgrabljic Rotar (University of Zadar, Croatia)
Guest Editor of the Special Issue: Igor Vobic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)