Chapter 9: Citizen Journalism Flashcards
New technology has brought about unprecedented possibilities for information gathering and sharing. This is evidenced by the growing number of so-called?
Citizen Journalists
The hottest buzzword in media today, _ can be defined as the “participation of non-journalists or ordinary citizens in the process of gathering, reporting, and disseminating the news”.
Citizen Journalism
Anyone armed with a digital camera and/or recorder (even if it’s only a feature in your cell phone), who reports an issue or event via the Internet.
Citizen Journalist
As noted by _, a technology reporter formerly with the Los Angeles Times:
The idea of 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.
Mark Glaser
The concept of news that has evolved into a reality, not only for broadcast journalists but also for print journalists.
24/7
The concept of news that has evolved into a reality, not only for broadcast journalists but also for print journalists.
24/7
It does not only redefine the concept of time, it also redefines the concept of space and readership.
Internet
In print, it is finite and so articles need to be properly allocated so that there is room for all submitted stories plus advertisements.
Space
Similarly, it is limited the distribution capability of the publication, usually nationwide for mainstream media and province-wide for community papers (Khan, 2006).
Readership
On television, this is limited to thirty-to-forty-five-minute programs, while its broadcast is limited to the satellite range and capability of the network.
News
On the Internet, the _ is almost infinite and _ is worldwide.
Space; Readership
It is no longer a constraint, most online articles are kept shorter and easier to read than a printed page for the sake of online readers.
White Space
They advise that articles be kept as concise as possible.
Web designers
In print, using these to highlight key points is common practice for Web writing.
bullets
It means it does not follow the page numbering of a paper and there is no back page.
Non-Linear
The ability to link words to other Web pages (either within your own website or an external site) to enable readers to access more information about a concept or word within the story.
Hypertextuality
