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dialogical when citizens are given the opportunity to produce user-generated content to
supplement the content produced by professional journalists (Deuze 2003).
Figure 1. Characteristics of open and closed journalistic culture by Deuze (2003).
Patterns of social media, participatory journalism and open journalistic culture have not
been as significant for magazines as for newspapers. Many Finnish magazines offer
very little journalistic content on their websites, while some magazines offer plenty
participatory elements.
This research project makes use of Deuze’s model to find out how open iPad
journalism is and the extent to which iPad magazines allow reader participation.
Research questions and methods
This research project investigates the role of IPad in Finnish magazines, with focus on
identifying how IPad is changing the journalistic process and how readers are reacting
to this new type of journalistic product.
The research questions are:
1) How revolutionary is iPad journalism?
2) What is changing in journalistic processes?
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