When we care really intensely . . .we can assemble in networks of peers and then draw attention to unreported information. As when, in 2003, documents posted by concerned "netizens" ultimately forced the makers of Diebold voting machines to change some of their practices. Or in 2009, when protestors in post-election Tehran captured the world's attention by posting cell phone images and video of a young woman's death in the street.
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Citizen journalism is the concept of public citizens playing an active role in reporting news and information. New media technologies that allow citizens to post and share media such as videos has fostered the growth of citizen journalism in the 21st century. The idea is that everyone who can publish electronically is a journalist.
Additionally, the prominence of technology often allows citizens to break news more quickly than traditional news reporters.
Both the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement have included extensive citizen journalism.
Supporters of citizen journalism suggest that people without journalism training can use modern technology tools to create and fact-check media, enabling a more vibrant press and more informed and engaged citizenry.
Critics however claim that the quality of citizen journalism doesn’t meet the standards of professional journalism and is too subjective.
What do you think? Do citizen journalists help to improve the media or do they hurt the media’s credibility?
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In the run-up to last weekend, students at the University of California, Davis told the world through a deafening silence how to hold a peaceful, arguably beautiful protest. In so many cases, its underlying message can be drowned out by the rage of violence, disruption and civil disorder.
Visit WebsiteThe idea behind citizen journalism is that people without professional journalism training can use the tools of modern technology and the global distribution of the Internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in collaboration with others. For example, you might write about a city council meeting on your blog or in an online forum. Or you could fact-check a newspaper article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your blog.
Visit WebsiteGaige and Davis watched the news that night, expecting to see some amateur footage, but the media only delivered the aftermath of the accident. It reminded them of the time US Airways flight 1549 crashed into New York’s Hudson River and the first person to report the news was a bystander, not a journalist.
Visit Website The Obama administration says it has tried to avoid words or deeds that could be portrayed as American meddling in Iran’s presidential election and its tumultuous aftermath.
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