Participatory Television: Convergence, Crowdsourcing, and Neoliberalism. (19th August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fish, Adam
• Is Part Of: Communication, culture, & critique. Volume 6:Number 3(2013:Sep.)
• Page Start: 372
• Page End: 395
• Publication Date: 2013-08-19
• Subjects: Communication -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals; Criticism -- Periodicals."com; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1111/cccr.12016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-9129

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="cccr12016-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="cccr12016-para-0001"> <italic>In this article, I assess theories of Internet‐enabled public participation as they have been devised to explain the audience participatory projects of Current TV, a global cable and satellite television and Internet video network once partially programmed by nonfiction videos submitted by viewers. I explore how each authors' theory of participation—convergence (H. Jenkins, 2006), crowdsourcing (J. Howe, 2008), and neoliberal participation (J. Hands, 2011)—variously fails and succeeds to historically and culturally situate Current TV within its sociocultural context as a mixed mission and market digital social entrepreneur</italic>.</p> </abstract>