Internetized Television Debates: Enhancing Citizens’ Participation

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Author(s): Anastasia Deligiaouri (Higher Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Western Macedonia, Greece)and Panagiotis Symeonidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 21
Source title: E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence, and Social Change
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Celia Romm Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0966-2.ch010

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Internet Technologies

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The convergence of television with internet technologies has further upheld the participatory role of Internet in modern political communication. The adoption of Internet communication regulations in television programs has created a new hybrid model of “Internetized Television” which has the potential to strengthen citizens’ voice in political life. In this research paper, an extensive empirical study of certain variables relating to participation in internetized television was conducted, focusing, in particular, on the impact of this new medium during the 2007 national elections in Greece, when a specific broadcast was aired on TV, namely the “Skai-YouTube Debate.” Based on the results of our survey, an in-depth theoretical discussion of the political and communicative challenges imposed by this form of internetized television was conducted.

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