Using Croatia as an example, Tamara Kunic offers insights into media participation, audience engagement, the quality of user comments, and the uncertainties journalists face, all of which add to the research on hate speech on news sites and social media and can be applied to other countries.

Tena Perišin, University of Zagreb

This incisive book provides key insights into participatory journalism and civic engagement online, probing their role in democracies. It smartly navigates how technology alters citizen-media collaboration, covering media system definitions to ethical dilemmas like hate speech. Revealing the dynamic between professional journalism and civic input, it offers relevant theory and findings not just for Croatia, but for all democracies grappling with digital challenges. Essential reading for journalists, academics, and those invested in media and democracy's future.

Ivan Balabanic, University of Zagreb

This book is aimed at modern scholars and journalists interested in the democratization of communication on the internet and the impact of citizen commentary on journalism. Do citizen comments have serious democratic potential and is participatory journalism an asset to the journalism profession? Read the book to find answers to these questions!

Nada Zgrabljic Rotar, University of Zagreb