%0 Journal Article %1 allen2023new %A Allen, Gene %A Lucky, Nathan %D 2023 %J Information & Culture %K 19th-century canada print %N 3 %P 221-246 %T (New) Media and the Circulation of Knowledge: A Historical Framework for The Conversation Canada %U https://muse.jhu.edu/article/910878 %V 58 %X New media and new applications of existing media are typically seen as ways of distributing knowledge more effectively, often with hopes that this process will strengthen democracy. Adopting a history-of-knowledge approach, the authors analyze methods of knowledge circulation attending early print, nineteenth-century mechanics’ institutes and public libraries, early radio broadcasting, and explanatory journalism, providing a comparative historical framework for a recent new-media platform for distributing knowledge, The Conversation network. Appealing to a socially broad audience has consistently been a challenge. Efforts to distribute knowledge also reflected differences in prevailing media ecosystems, national systems of political economy, and contemporary social/political concerns.

@article{allen2023new, abstract = {New media and new applications of existing media are typically seen as ways of distributing knowledge more effectively, often with hopes that this process will strengthen democracy. Adopting a history-of-knowledge approach, the authors analyze methods of knowledge circulation attending early print, nineteenth-century mechanics’ institutes and public libraries, early radio broadcasting, and explanatory journalism, providing a comparative historical framework for a recent new-media platform for distributing knowledge, The Conversation network. Appealing to a socially broad audience has consistently been a challenge. Efforts to distribute knowledge also reflected differences in prevailing media ecosystems, national systems of political economy, and contemporary social/political concerns.}, added-at = {2023-11-26T01:03:18.000+0100}, author = {Allen, Gene and Lucky, Nathan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24bd9c933e9a5ce490c5cce70ab0bb51e/jpooley}, interhash = {7cefc0d0b15b9b3777771b7079e5534e}, intrahash = {4bd9c933e9a5ce490c5cce70ab0bb51e}, journal = {Information \& Culture}, keywords = {19th-century canada print}, number = 3, pages = {221-246}, timestamp = {2023-11-26T01:03:18.000+0100}, title = {(New) Media and the Circulation of Knowledge: A Historical Framework for The Conversation Canada}, url = {https://muse.jhu.edu/article/910878}, volume = 58, year = 2023 }