ABSTRACT
The link between civic participation and journalism is a twofold question. First, it concerns the participatory quality of the discourse of journalism. How does journalism help, control or hinder the opportunities of people to practice their citizenship? Which story types, interactive platforms, reporting routines and uses of language are applied to this? How well does journalism represent the public, that is, people, interests or groups, as they try to enter the public domain? Second, there is the question about the quality of the discourse about journalism. What normative vocabularies are applied to critical evaluations of journalism? Which assumptions about citizens, professionals and power relations are incorporated into our language about democracy and the role of media and journalism in it? How well does our critical language adjust to new developments?
