Title: Civic journalism - Wikipedia
Headings: Civic journalism
Civic journalism
Contents
Overview
History
Definition
Civic journalism in recent years
The evolution of civic journalism
Goals
Related concepts
Political journalism
Main tenets
Structure
Key proponents and opponents
Case studies
See also
References
External links

Content: In its place, the civic journalism movement seeks to treat readers and community members as participants. Contents
1 Overview
2 History
3 Definition
4 Civic journalism in recent years
5 The evolution of civic journalism
6 Goals
7 Related concepts
8 Political journalism
9 Main tenets
10 Structure
11 Key proponents and opponents
12 Case studies
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
Overview
With a small but committed following, civic journalism has become as much of a philosophy as it is a practice. Civic journalism has began to develop a strong following again after first emerging as a philosophy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Those who find civic journalism to be a new, progressive, and profound method for the media to engage with the public see it as an opportunity to revitalize democracy as we know it. As technological advances overtake the modern world, it is becoming less common for the general public to buy newspapers or watch TV news to inform themselves on the events in the political sphere. Including this, younger generations, such as Generation X, Generation Y, and even Millennials, are not coming out to the polls due to a variety of reasons. Overall, democracy is beginning to fail as there is a lack of civic engagement and even interference with democratic processes, such as Russia's involvement with the 2016 United States election, and even electronic voting (e-voting) machines that are being hacked and altering results. All in all, proponents of civic journalism believe that for democracy to regain its traction and glory in the modern world, the media must be more receptive to feedback from the public and take initiative to engage the public as well. According to Oxford Research Encyclopedias, the popularity of political journalism is rising, and the area is becoming one of the more dominant domains of journalism. Political journalism is meant to be more of an overseer of democratic process as they relate to civic engagement rather than a scapegoat for the issues with democracy.