The Struggle over Participation: How to Rescue Participation and Empowerment from Emerging Media Practices and Critiques

Key Points

• The central aim is to examine the challenges of participation and empowerment in relation to emerging media practices.
• Keynote presentation at the SJTU–IAMCR Emerging Media Forum
• Exploration of current critiques regarding media practices
• Identifies ongoing struggles over participation in media
• Highlights the need for empowerment in emerging media contexts