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The Many Notions of Audience Engagement: A Scoping Review Bernadette Uth (14165997) Inorganic Chemistry Science Policy Audience engagement engaged journalism journalism-audience relationship scoping review engagement user engagement <p>In recent years, “audience engagement” and “engaged journalism” have emerged as buzzwords in journalism studies. Audience engagement is regularly discussed as a potential remedy for declining trust in journalism and its precarious financial situation. Over the past two decades, journalism studies have thus extensively analyzed the concept, resulting in a vast body of literature on engagement. However, this has created definitional confusion around audience engagement, with numerous definitions, interpretations and characteristics of the concept discussed in existing scholarship. By conducting a systematic scoping review of 174 peer-reviewed journal articles on audience engagement, this study sheds closer light on the existing research on engagement, offers an overview on theoretical and empirical conceptualizations, and examines goals and challenges associated with engagement. The review highlights how audience engagement is examined and conceptualized in journalism scholarship, and identifies key directions for future research.</p> 2026-10-01T13:05:24Z Text Journal contribution 10.6084/m9.figshare.34045932.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Many_Notions_of_Audience_Engagement_A_Scoping_Review/34045932 CC BY 4.0