Lifestyle journalism and consumption trends: the case of NiT

Authors

  • Paula Cordeiro Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4000/cp.5516

Keywords:

journalism, lifestyle, digital communication, consumption society

Abstract

 

Current worldwide changes result from an intersection between technology and other societal factors, with digital devices usage assuming most relevant performative change. In communication and journalism, there are new challenges and opportunities. Lifestyle journalism is assumed to be a new investigative field, observing the need to define its core and activity in relation to consumption society. This article explores NiT digital lifestyle publication and tries to analise its content as lifestyle journalism, as it contributes to define individual lifestyle. Through analyzing the characteristics of this publication content – specifically the “shopping” section, and more particularly the “stores and brands” sub-section –, we try to establish a relation between consumption society and NiT. By using August 2019 publications in this sub-section, we try to find direct references to brands, services and products.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Ang, I. (1991). Desperately Seeking the Audience. Londres, Reino Unido: Routledge.

Balsemão, F. P. (1971). Informar ou depender? Lisboa, Portugal: Edições Ática.

Bell, D., & Hollows, J. (2005). Ordinary lifestyles: Popular media, consumption and taste. Berkshire, Reino Unido: Open University Press.

Boczkowski, P. J. & Ferris, J. A. (2005). Multiple Media, Convergent Processes, and Divergent Products: Organisational Innovation. Digital Media Production at a European Firm. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 597(1), 32–47.

Bjur, J. et al. (2014). Cross-Media Use - Unfolding complexities in contemporary audiencehood. In Carpentier, N., Schroder, K. C. & Hallet, L. (Eds.), Audience Transformations: shifting audience positions in late modernity (pp. 15-29). Londres, Reino Unido: Routledge.

Boyd, D. (2014). It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. New Haven, Estados Unidos da América: Yale University Press.

Bruns, A. (2007). Produsage: Towards a Broader Framework for User-Led Content Creation. In Creativity and Cognition: Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition. Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos da América: ACM Press.

Bruns, A. (2008). Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage. Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América: Peter Lang.

Couldry, N. & Hepp, A. (2016). The Mediated Construction of Reality. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Polity.

Cordeiro, P. (2010). A Rádio e as Indústrias Culturais. Lisboa, Portugal: Livros Horizonte.

Cordeiro, P. (2012). A rádio como meio social: tendências de consumo e modelos de negócio. Comunicação e Sociedade. V. 20-2011: 115-129.

Cordeiro, P., Damásio, M., Starkey, G., Botelho, I., Dias, P., Ganito, C.,,...& Henriques, S. (2014). Networks of belonging: interaction, participation and consumption of mediatised content. In Carpentier, N., Schroder, K. C. & Hallet, L. (Eds.), Audience transformations: shifting audience positions in late modernity (pp. 101-122). Londres, Reino Unido: Routledge

Cordeiro, P., Mendes, A., Mascarenhas, J. & Lameira, S. (2014). Entertainment Media: Times of Branded Content. In R. Ozturk (Ed.). Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture and Society on the Entertainment Industry (pp. 461-481). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Curran, J. (2010). The Future of Journalism, Journalism Studies, 11(4), 464-476.

Deuze, M. (2012). Media Life. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Polity.

Deuze, M. (2016). Living in Media and the Future of Advertising, Journal of Advertising, 45(3), 326-333.

Esteves, J. P. (Org.). (2002) Comunicação e Sociedade. Lisboa, Portugal: Livros Horizonte.

Fenton, N. (2010). New Media, Journalism and Democracy: Figments of a Neo-Liberal Imagination? Revista Media & Jornalismo, nº 17, 9(2) - Outono Inverno 2010, 41-52.

Fuchs, C. (2014). Social Media: A Critical Introduction. Londres, Reino Unido: Sage.

Fuchs, C. (2008). Internet and Society. Social Theory in the Information Age. Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América: Routledge.

Hanusch, F. (2012). Broadening the focus: The case for lifestyle journalism as a field os scholarly inquiry. Journalism Practice, 6(1), 2-11.

Hanush, F. & Hanitzsch, T. (2013). Mediating orientation and self-expression in the world of consumption: Australian and German lifestyle journalists’ professional views. Media, Culture & Society, 35(8), 943-959.

Herring, S. C. (2004). Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis: An Approach to Researching Online Behaviour. In: Barab, S.; Kling, R & Gray, J. H. (Eds.). Designing for virtual communities in the service of learning. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Cambridge University Press.

Hille, S., & Bakker, P. (2013). I like news. Searching for the ‘Holy Grail’ of social media: The use of Facebook by Dutch news media and their audiences. European Journal of Communication, 28(6), 663–680.

Hollows, D., & Hollows, J. (Eds.). (2005). Ordinary lifestyles: popular media, consumption and taste. Maidenhead, Estados Unidos da América: Open University Press.

Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América: New York University Press.

McChesney, R. (2003). The Problem of Journalism: a political economic contribution to an explanation of the crisis in contemporary US journalism. Journalism Studies. 4. 299-329.

McChesney, R. & Nicols, J. (2010). The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again. Filadélfia, Estados Unidos da América: Nation Books.

McChesney, R. & Picard, V. (2011). Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can be Done to Fix it. Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América: New Press.

Noci, J. D. & Ayerdi, K. M. (1999). Periodismo en Internet. Modelos de la prensa digital. Bilbao, Espanha: Universidad del País Vasco.

O’Neil, B. et al. (2014). The Democratic (Media) Revolution: a parallel genealogy of political and media participation. In Carpentier, N., Schroder, K. C. & Hallet, L. (Eds.), Audience Transformations: shifting audience positions in late modernity (pp. 123-142). Londres, Reino Unido: Routledge.

Patterson, T. E., Doing Well and Doing Good (Dezembro 2000). KSG Working Paper No. 01-001. Disponível em: https://ssrn.com/abstract=257395 ou http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.257395

Papacharissi, Z. (2011). A networked self: Identity, community and culture on social network sites. Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos da América: Routledge.

Pavlik, J. (2001). Journalism and new media. New York, Estados Unidos da América: Columbia University Press.

Pettman, D. (2015). Infinite Distraction: Paying Attention to Social Media. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Polity.

Picard, R. G. (2004). Commercialism and Newspaper Quality. Newspaper Research Journal, 25(1), 54–65.

Ryfe, D. (2012). Can Journalism Survive? An Inside Look at American Newsrooms. Cambridge, reino Unido: Polity

Reinemann, C., Stanyer, J., Scherr, S. & Legnante, G. (2012). “Hard and soft news: A review of concepts, operationalizations and key findings”. Journalism, 13(2), 221–239.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2016). Digital News Report. Londres, Reino Unido: University of Oxford. Disponível em http://www.digitalnewsreport.org.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2019). Digital News Report. Londres, Reino Unido: University of Oxford. Disponível em http://www.digitalnewsreport.org.

Ritzer, G. (2014). Prosumption: Evolution, revolution, or eternal return of the same? Journal of Consumer Culture, 14(1), 3–24.

Silverstone, R. (1999). Why Study the Media? London, Reino Unido: Sage

Sebastião, S. (2012). Formatos da Publicidade Digital: sistematização e desambiguação. Comunicação e Sociedade, 19, 13-24.

Shoemaker, P. J. & Cohen, A. A. (2006). News around the world: Practicioners, content and the public. Oxford, Reino Unido: Routledge.

Sousa, J. P. (2000). As Notícias e os seus Efeitos. As Teorias do Jornalismo e dos Efeitos Sociais dos Media Jornalísticos. Coimbra, Portugal: Minerva Editora.

Kristensen, N. N. & From, U. (2012). Lifestyle Journalism, Journalism Practice, 6(1), 26-41

Küng, L., Picard, R. G. & Towse, R. (Eds). (2008) The Internet and the Mass Media. Londres, Reino Unido: Sage.

Ryfe, D. (2012). Can Journalism Survive? An Inside Look at American Newsrooms. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Polity.

Tuchman, G. (1972). Objectivity as Strategic Ritual: An Examination of Newsmen’s Notions of Objectivity. American Journal of Sociology, 77(4), 660-679.

Toffler, A. (1971). Future Shock. Londres, Reino Unido: Pan.

Wilding, D., Fray, P., Molitorisz, S. & McKewon, E. (2018). The Impact of Digital Platforms on News and Journalistic Content. University of Technology, Sidney, Austrália: NSW.

Published

2021-09-21

Issue

Section

SPECIAL ISSUE: Disinformation, Journalism and Business Models

How to Cite

Lifestyle journalism and consumption trends: the case of NiT. (2021). Comunicação Pública, 14(27). https://doi.org/10.4000/cp.5516