社会化媒体时代的“公民编辑”:概念与形态

“Citizen-Editor” in the Age of Social Media: Concept and Forms

基于对"公民编辑"概念的梳理,我们认为在当今社会化媒体时代,"公民编辑"主要表现在自媒体平台、互联网知识社区以及个人日常知识和内容管理这三种形态上。作为自媒体平台的责任人和把关者,"公民编辑"兼具内容生产和运营者角色,并需要有自我把关意识,以确保可持续发展;在知识社区中,扮演编辑角色的媒介参与者要善用认知盈余进行协作式的知识生产与传播;而在个人知识管理层面,"公民编辑"能力主要体现在利用云服务等新技术工具进行知识和内容的有效整合和组织管理。针对"公民编辑"的概念和形态,文章还探讨了"公民编辑"素养的核心要素,以及"公民编辑"兴起对社会和文明发展的意义。

Ordinary people in society are more and more engaged in the creative activities which are traditionally the domain of professional editors＇ duties. It is under such circumstance that the concept of citizen editing was proposed accordingly. Based on the review of relevant literature, this essay argues that the main forms of citizen editing can be classified into three categories： we-media content production, content contribution in various online knowledge communities, and content management behaviors of one＇s own files, both in local and cloud. To be competent in each specific type of citizen editing, some unique editing literacy are involved and required. After discussing the key components of citizen editing literacy, this article argues that the rise and prevalence of citizen editing are of great social and cultural significance.