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|Name of Study=Lindgren (2012)
 
|Name of Study=Lindgren (2012)
 
|Author=Simon Lindgren
 
|Author=Simon Lindgren
|Title=Pirate Panics: Comparing news and blog discourse on
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|Title=Pirate Panics: Comparing news and blog discourse on illegal file sharing in Sweden
illegal file sharing in Sweden
 
 
|Year=2012
 
|Year=2012
 
|Full Citation=Lindgren, Simon. Pirate panics: comparing news and blog discourse on illegal file sharing in Sweden. Information, communication & society 16.8 (2013): 1242-1265.
 
|Full Citation=Lindgren, Simon. Pirate panics: comparing news and blog discourse on illegal file sharing in Sweden. Information, communication & society 16.8 (2013): 1242-1265.
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|Link=http://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:612689/FULLTEXT02.pdf
 
|Link=http://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:612689/FULLTEXT02.pdf
 
|Reference=Lessig (2004); Gantz and Rochester (2005); Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf (2007); Hinduja (2006);
 
|Reference=Lessig (2004); Gantz and Rochester (2005); Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf (2007); Hinduja (2006);
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|Plain Text Proposition=* While news and blog discourse on online piracy overlap, and often deal with similar themes, these representational spaces are still discernible as two distinct contexts of meaning production, each adhering to its own logic and can be conceived of as “linguistic fields”.
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*  Both discourses revolve around issues of morality and ethics.
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* Both use the characteristics of moral panic discourse, casting the other side as 'folk devils'.
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* This means that  the original moral panic model should be revised to allow for the notion that moral entrepreneurship can be exercised in hegemonic as well as counter-hegemonic directions.
 
|FundamentalIssue=1. Relationship between protection (subject matter/term/scope) and supply/economic development/growth/welfare, 5. Understanding consumption/use (e.g. determinants of unlawful behaviour; user-generated content; social media), 4. Effects of protection on industry structure (e.g. oligopolies; competition; economics of superstars; business models; technology adoption),
 
|FundamentalIssue=1. Relationship between protection (subject matter/term/scope) and supply/economic development/growth/welfare, 5. Understanding consumption/use (e.g. determinants of unlawful behaviour; user-generated content; social media), 4. Effects of protection on industry structure (e.g. oligopolies; competition; economics of superstars; business models; technology adoption),
 
|EvidenceBasedPolicy=F. Enforcement (quantifying infringement; criminal sanctions; intermediary liability; graduated response; litigation and court data; commercial/non-commercial distinction; education and awareness),
 
|EvidenceBasedPolicy=F. Enforcement (quantifying infringement; criminal sanctions; intermediary liability; graduated response; litigation and court data; commercial/non-commercial distinction; education and awareness),
|Discipline=K4: Legal Procedure; the Legal System; and Illegal Behavior, K42: Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law, L1: Market Structure; Firm Strategy; and Market Performance, L17: Open Source Products and Markets, L6: Industry Studies: Manufacturing, L8: Industry Studies: Services, L82: Entertainment • Media, O3: Technological Change • Research and Development • Intellectual Property Rights, O33: Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes, O34: Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
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|Discipline=K42: Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law, L82: Entertainment • Media
|Description of Data=Text analysis of news articles and blogs
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|Intervention-Response=* As the boundaries between producer and consumer in participatory culture are increasingly blurred, public discourse utilizing the 'moral panic' model are likely to become less homogenized and more contextualized, necessitating an update to the model. 
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* Panic reactions can run not only from the top down but also from the bottom up as niche and micro media instigate their own moral panics.
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* Policy makers need to be aware of the multi layered manifestations of opposition to the dominant discourse and that there may be many positions all competing and at points achieving dominance, using the same strategies.
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|Description of Data=This study is a discourse analysis of 279 news articles and 294 blogs, comparing the 'moral panic' discourse in the mainstream media to the 'information should be free' discourse in the internet blogs.
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|Data Year=2009
 
|Data Type=Secondary data
 
|Data Type=Secondary data
|Method of Collection=Qualitative Collection Methods, Document Research, Qualitative content/text mining
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|Data Source=Newspaper articles; Blog posts;
|Method of Analysis=Quantitative Analysis Methods, Social Network Analysis, Qualitative Analysis Methods, Textual Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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|Method of Collection=Quantitative data/text mining, Qualitative Collection Methods, Case Study, Qualitative content/text mining
|Industry=Programming and broadcasting; Creative, arts and entertainment; Film and motion pictures;
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|Method of Analysis=Quantitative Analysis Methods, Social Network Analysis, Qualitative Analysis Methods, Discourse Analysis
 
|Country=Sweden;
 
|Country=Sweden;
 
|Cross-country=No
 
|Cross-country=No
 
|Comparative=Yes
 
|Comparative=Yes
 
|Government or policy=No
 
|Government or policy=No
|Literature review=No
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|Literature review=Yes
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|Sample Size=294
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|Level of Aggregation=Blog posts,
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|Data Material Year=2009
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|Sample Size=279
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|Level of Aggregation=News articles,
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|Data Material Year=2009
 
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1. Relationship between protection (subject matter/term/scope) and supply/economic development/growth/welfare 2. Relationship between creative process and protection - what motivates creators (e.g. attribution; control; remuneration; time allocation)? 3. Harmony of interest assumption between authors and publishers (creators and producers/investors) 4. Effects of protection on industry structure (e.g. oligopolies; competition; economics of superstars; business models; technology adoption) 5. Understanding consumption/use (e.g. determinants of unlawful behaviour; user-generated content; social media)

A. Nature and Scope of exclusive rights (hyperlinking/browsing; reproduction right) B. Exceptions (distinguish innovation and public policy purposes; open-ended/closed list; commercial/non-commercial distinction) C. Mass digitisation/orphan works (non-use; extended collective licensing) D. Licensing and Business models (collecting societies; meta data; exchanges/hubs; windowing; crossborder availability) E. Fair remuneration (levies; copyright contracts) F. Enforcement (quantifying infringement; criminal sanctions; intermediary liability; graduated response; litigation and court data; commercial/non-commercial distinction; education and awareness)

Source Details

Lindgren (2012)
Title: Pirate Panics: Comparing news and blog discourse on illegal file sharing in Sweden
Author(s): Simon Lindgren
Year: 2012
Citation: Lindgren, Simon. Pirate panics: comparing news and blog discourse on illegal file sharing in Sweden. Information, communication & society 16.8 (2013): 1242-1265.
Link(s): Definitive , Open Access
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About the Data
Data Description: This study is a discourse analysis of 279 news articles and 294 blogs, comparing the 'moral panic' discourse in the mainstream media to the 'information should be free' discourse in the internet blogs.
Data Type: Secondary data
Secondary Data Sources:
Data Collection Methods:
Data Analysis Methods:
Industry(ies):
Country(ies):
Cross Country Study?: No
Comparative Study?: Yes
Literature review?: Yes
Government or policy study?: No
Time Period(s) of Collection:
  • 2009
Funder(s):

Abstract

This article aims to map discourses and counter-discourses through which online piracy has been framed and constructed in Swedish blogs and online news. It has been common in previous analyses of moral public debates about new forms of media consumption to focus on conservative top-down hegemonic processes of reinstating order. The classic moral panic literature overemphasizes control, power and hegemony while overlooking counter-discourses. This study, on the other hand, takes such forms of symbolic resistance into account. It relies on a comparative discursive network analysis of texts produced by corporate news organizations and of blogs representing pro-piracy perspectives. It is concluded that with the blurring of the boundaries between producers and consumers of content, more and more localized moral panics that are not necessarily hegemonic are likely to be seen. Panic reactions can run not only from the top down but also from the bottom up as niche and micro media instigate their own moral panics.

Main Results of the Study

  • While news and blog discourse on online piracy overlap, and often deal with similar themes, these representational spaces are still discernible as two distinct contexts of meaning production, each adhering to its own logic and can be conceived of as “linguistic fields”.
  • Both discourses revolve around issues of morality and ethics.
  • Both use the characteristics of moral panic discourse, casting the other side as 'folk devils'.
  • This means that the original moral panic model should be revised to allow for the notion that moral entrepreneurship can be exercised in hegemonic as well as counter-hegemonic directions.


Policy Implications as Stated By Author

  • As the boundaries between producer and consumer in participatory culture are increasingly blurred, public discourse utilizing the 'moral panic' model are likely to become less homogenized and more contextualized, necessitating an update to the model.
  • Panic reactions can run not only from the top down but also from the bottom up as niche and micro media instigate their own moral panics.
  • Policy makers need to be aware of the multi layered manifestations of opposition to the dominant discourse and that there may be many positions all competing and at points achieving dominance, using the same strategies.



Coverage of Study

Coverage of Fundamental Issues
Issue Included within Study
Relationship between protection (subject matter/term/scope) and supply/economic development/growth/welfare
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Relationship between creative process and protection - what motivates creators (e.g. attribution; control; remuneration; time allocation)?
Harmony of interest assumption between authors and publishers (creators and producers/investors)
Effects of protection on industry structure (e.g. oligopolies; competition; economics of superstars; business models; technology adoption)
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Understanding consumption/use (e.g. determinants of unlawful behaviour; user-generated content; social media)
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Coverage of Evidence Based Policies
Issue Included within Study
Nature and Scope of exclusive rights (hyperlinking/browsing; reproduction right)
Exceptions (distinguish innovation and public policy purposes; open-ended/closed list; commercial/non-commercial distinction)
Mass digitisation/orphan works (non-use; extended collective licensing)
Licensing and Business models (collecting societies; meta data; exchanges/hubs; windowing; crossborder availability)
Fair remuneration (levies; copyright contracts)
Enforcement (quantifying infringement; criminal sanctions; intermediary liability; graduated response; litigation and court data; commercial/non-commercial distinction; education and awareness)
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Datasets

Sample size: 294
Level of aggregation: Blog posts
Period of material under study: 2009


Sample size: 279
Level of aggregation: News articles
Period of material under study: 2009