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Audience-Citizens: The Media, Public Knowledge and Interpretive Practice. explores the relationship between media and democracy from the perspective of. the audience and proposes a unique conceptual framework for the analysis of audiences,. consumption patterns and citizenship. Drawing on original research on the interpretation. of documentaries by audiences in India and Britain, this book examines how sociological. and cultural factors affect the interpretation of mediated knowledge. It develops. a fresh approach to the relational dynamics of media and politics in contemporary. India and by e

Introduction : media audiences, public knowledge and democracy -- Audiences and socio-cultural contexts -- Understanding "understanding" : the hermeneutics of audience reception -- Exploring "context" -- Documentary meanings and public knowledge -- Methodological reflections on "cross-cultural" audience research -- Non-fiction and audience evaluations -- Ethnicity, multiculturalism and interpretive practice -- Making connections : media audiences and cultural citizenship -- Concluding comments

This topical book explores the cultural and social impact of globalization on the developing world, examining intellectual contributions and cultural expression from Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The connections between national cultural and political projects during anticolonial struggles, including national and transnational cinema and television, are examined. The book also covers contemporary debates on global cultures, including race and difference, postcolonial studies, multiculturalism, and "third cinema

Critically examines two studies on the relationship between the sociocultural contexts of a TV audience & the audience's interpretations of the program. To attribute different interpretations to ethnic differences without explanation is theoretically inadequate. A conceptual framework is needed to avoid correlating racial or ethnic difference with cultural differences. Cultural differences can be more distinct than ethnic or racial differences. Gadamer's hermeneutics is drawn on to demonstrate that our interpretations are due to our historicity. A. Lee

Although many digital platforms continue to appropriate and reconfigure familiar forms of media experience, this is an environment which no longer consistently constructs an identifiable 'mass' audience in the terms understood by twentieth century audience researchers. The notion of 'audiencing' takes on different characteristics within a digital environment where platforms encourage users to upload, share and respond to content, while the platforms themselves monetise the digital traces of this activity. This environment demands new ways of thinking about audience and user engagement with media technologies, and raises significant questions on methods of conceiving and researching audience-users. This volume addresses ongoing debates in the field of audience research by exploring relevant conceptual and methodological issues concerning the systematic study of digital audiences. Drawing from work conducted by researchers based in Australia and New Zealand, the book uses theoretical frameworks and case study material which are of direct relevance to audience researchers globally.

1. User-led transnationalism, big data and the world wide web / Adrian Athique -- 2. Audiences and Australian media policy : the relevance of George Gerbner / Andy Ruddock -- 3. Locating mobile media audiences : in plain view with Pokemon GO / Gerard Goggin -- 4. Social media, radicalization and extremist violence : challenges for research / Ramaswami Harindranath -- 5. Audiencing through social media / Darryl Woodford, Katie Prowd and Axel Bruns -- 6. The challenges of using YouTube as a data resource / Craig Hight -- 7. U Tried! : failure in a university social network site / Erika Pearson and Adon C.M. Moskal -- 8. Beyond 'the profile' : multiple qualitative methods for researching Facebook drinking cultures / Ian Goodwin, Christine Griffin, Antonia Lyons and Tim McCreanor -- 9. Ambient liveness : searchable audiences and second screens / Michele Zappavigna -- 10. Teaching with Twitter : a case study in the practice of audiencing / Sue Turnbull and Christopher Moore -- 11. Migration and mediatization : three cohorts of Dutch migrants to Aotearoa / New Zealand / Joost de Bruin.

The article explores the use and importance of taking a biographical approach to conducting participatory action research (PAR) with asylum seekers and refugees in order to: better understand lived experiences of exile and belonging; contribute to the important field of Biographical Sociology; provide a safe space for stories to be told; and in turn for these stories to feed in to policy and praxis. The authors' combined work on the asylum-migration nexus, the politics of representation and participatory action research methodology (PAR) as ethno-mimesisi argues for the use of biography to contribute to cultural politics at the level of theory, experience and praxis, and is constitutive of critical theory in praxis. PAR research undertaken with Bosnian refugees in the East Midlands and Afghan refugees in London will be the focus around which our analysis develops. We develop a case for theory building based upon lived experience using biographical materials, both narrative and visual, as critical theory in practice towards a vision of social justice that challenges the dominant knowledge/power axis embedded in current governance and media policy relating to forced migration. The dominant power/knowledge axis related to forced migration is embedded in current (New Labour) governance and re-presented in some media texts as identified below. New Labour governance is symbolised in the competing discourses of a) strong centralised control and b) more open systems, network and partnership based governance (Newman, 2003: 17-23; Clarke, 2004; Lewis, 2000). Open systems are made up of partnerships and networks – "joined up government", "that transcends the vertical, departmental structures of government itself" (Newman, 2003: 20). to develop or foster a consensual style of governing. Progressive governance is defined by Newman (2003:15) as involving a significant shift from governance through hierarchy and competition to governance through networks and partnerships with an emphasis upon inclusion. Progressive governance involves the production of techniques and strategies of responsibilisation of citizens operationalised through the development of networks, alliances, and partnerships, with a strong focus upon active citizenship. Thus, spreading responsibility for social control to non state agencies and "communities" (Garland, 2001). In relation to forced migration/asylum discourses around the exclusion of the "other" (involving criminalisation, detention and deportation) and the maintenance and control of borders (developing ever more tighter controls on entry and asylum applications) exist in tension with discourses that speak of human rights, responsibilities and possibilities for multi-cultural citizenship especially in the community cohesion literature. There is a conflict at the heart of New Labour's approach to asylum policy linked to the "alterity" of the asylum seeker that promulgates hegemonic ideologies and discourses around rights to belonging and citizenship, perceived access to resources (redistribution) and misrecognition fostering suspicion of the "stranger". Alongside discourses of fairness and rights to enter and seek refuge, there exist regressive discourses that water down the vitally important actual and symbolic 1951 UN convention, and foster a split between "bogus" and "genuine" refugees, making it extremely hard to seek asylum in the UK.

The article explores the use and importance of taking a biographical approach to conducting participatory action research (PAR) with asylum seekers and refugees in order to: better understand lived experiences of exile and belonging; contribute to the important field of Biographical Sociology; provide a safe space for stories to be told; and in turn for these stories to feed in to policy and praxis. The authors' combined work on the asylum-migration nexus, the politics of representation and participatory action research methodology (PAR) as ethno-mimesisi argues for the use of biography to contribute to cultural politics at the level of theory, experience and praxis, and is constitutive of critical theory in praxis. PAR research undertaken with Bosnian refugees in the East Midlands and Afghan refugees in London will be the focus around which our analysis develops. We develop a case for theory building based upon lived experience using biographical materials, both narrative and visual, as critical theory in practice towards a vision of social justice that challenges the dominant knowledge/power axis embedded in current governance and media policy relating to forced migration. The dominant power/knowledge axis related to forced migration is embedded in current (New Labour) governance and re-presented in some media texts as identified below. New Labour governance is symbolised in the competing discourses of a) strong centralised control and b) more open systems, network and partnership based governance (Newman, 2003: 17-23; Clarke, 2004; Lewis, 2000). Open systems are made up of partnerships and networks – "joined up government", "that transcends the vertical, departmental structures of government itself" (Newman, 2003: 20). to develop or foster a consensual style of governing. Progressive governance is defined by Newman (2003:15) as involving a significant shift from governance through hierarchy and competition to governance through networks and partnerships with an emphasis upon inclusion. Progressive governance involves the production of techniques and strategies of responsibilisation of citizens operationalised through the development of networks, alliances, and partnerships, with a strong focus upon active citizenship. Thus, spreading responsibility for social control to non state agencies and "communities" (Garland, 2001). In relation to forced migration/asylum discourses around the exclusion of the "other" (involving criminalisation, detention and deportation) and the maintenance and control of borders (developing ever more tighter controls on entry and asylum applications) exist in tension with discourses that speak of human rights, responsibilities and possibilities for multi-cultural citizenship especially in the community cohesion literature. There is a conflict at the heart of New Labour's approach to asylum policy linked to the "alterity" of the asylum seeker that promulgates hegemonic ideologies and discourses around rights to belonging and citizenship, perceived access to resources (redistribution) and misrecognition fostering suspicion of the "stranger". Alongside discourses of fairness and rights to enter and seek refuge, there exist regressive discourses that water down the vitally important actual and symbolic 1951 UN convention, and foster a split between "bogus" and "genuine" refugees, making it extremely hard to seek asylum in the UK.