'Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS'
Abstract
Abstract
A central aim within the field of public journalism is to include
the views of «ordinary» people and to let them take part in the
agenda-setting process. In this article, I examine the execution
of control within an editorial department that produced a discussion
programme based on the participation of ordinary people. The article
points to challenges for the editorial staff in terms of the level
of control that can take place within a public journalistic project
through looking at the selection processes behind the themes discussed
and the participants chosen to be part of the panel