'This is citizen journalism at its finest': YouTube and the public sphere in the Oscar Grant shooting incident
'This is citizen journalism at its finest': YouTube and the public sphere in the Oscar Grant shooting incident
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DOI：
10.1177/1461444810362492
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Thomas, Ryan J.
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作者：
Antony, Mary Grace;Thomas, Ryan J.
2009年1月1日，奥斯卡·格兰特在一个地铁站被湾区轨道交通官员开枪打死。这一事件被几名乘客用手机记录下来，后来上传到视频分享网站YouTube。这些视频在线上和线下社区引发了重大抗议，并最终在随后的审判中被用作证据。本研究采用了一个关键的主题分析，以检查观众的反应，这一行为的公民新闻在YouTube上。结果表明，虽然一些观众批评视频质量和摄像师的被动，一些支持的意见赞扬摄像师的头脑和勇气的存在。此外，一些观众呼吁抵制和报复，而另一些人则主张采取更谨慎的应对措施。我们认为，这些研究结果需要重新概念化的传统观念的看门狗媒体和公共领域，以适应新的媒体技术。
On 1 January 2009, Oscar Grant was shot and killed in a subway station by Bay Area Rail Transit officers. This event was recorded by several passengers on their cellphones and later uploaded to the video-sharing website YouTube. The videos generated significant protests among online and offline communities, and were eventually used as evidence in the ensuing trial. This study employed a critical thematic analysis to examine audience responses to this act of citizen journalism on YouTube. Results indicated that although some viewers critiqued the video quality and the cameraperson's passivity, several supportive comments praised the cameraperson's presence of mind and courage. Furthermore, some viewers called for resistance and retaliation, while others advocated a more prudent response. We argue that these findings necessitate a reconceptualization of traditional notions of the guard-dog media and the public sphere to accommodate new media technologies.