"Citizen journalism" refers to the practice of everyday individuals, rather than professional journalists, who engage in reporting news or sharing information using tools like social media platforms. It basically means that regular people become reporters or news sources to inform others about events or issues happening in their communities or the world.
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But it assumes a very traditional media approach which may not work well with
citizen journalism in which every mobile phone is a camera.
Some scientists have been trying to counteract these misconceptions
via citizen journalism and directly connecting with the public through blogging rather than official media channels.
It's a cinematic testament to
what citizen journalism can be and the crucial role of the media as a means to inform the world.
Teachers will learn how to integrate service - learning and
citizen journalism into their academic lessons and how to provide students a comprehensive understanding of local water quality issues.
While an audience member asked about whether mobile would open these companies to
citizen journalism experiments, most of the executives say they continue to regard the issue as secondary.
Today's South By Southwest Interactive discussion on the Occupy movement
as citizen journalism should be fascinating: I'm looking forward to a terrific discussion with Priscilla Grim, Kira Annika, Charles Wyble and Boyd Carter.
Bournemouth University's (BU) Dr Einar Thorsen has spent several years
researching citizen journalism around the globe with a particular interest in the polar regions.
«Global philanthropic support for efforts to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts totaled $ 283 million in 2013... 288 foundations awarded nearly 2,000 grants in support of more than 1,200 organizations working for peace, justice, diplomacy, and national and global security, from conducting research on the prevention of nuclear terrorism to
supporting citizen journalism in Egypt.
But we've often heard mainstream journalists bemoan the standard of conversation common on blogs, and this incident serves as a perfect example of one reason that
citizen journalism matters — the amateurs help keep the professionals honest.
These guys — and, yes, except for one of their wives, it is all men in this film though there have been many women involved in
Syrian citizen journalism as well — deserve a co-directing credit as so many of the film's remarkable moments are from their footage.
I personally have interacted with many visionary school librarians who have pioneered such innovative programs as gaming and learning, creating school makerspaces, and
guiding citizen journalism projects for publication.
Let us expose this hot nonsense for what it is: a lie meant to exploit writers and to puff up that old persistent myth about the value of exposure or the joy of the starving artist or the mounting power of
unpaid citizen journalism.
This means you can begin to build your travel writing portfolio, obtain feedback from other writers and readers, and you have a place for
uncensored citizen journalism.
Has become a story of
citizen journalism gone awry, for the blogosphere is littered with amateur writers who have been duped into fighting against global warming by slick websites with official - sounding names like the Science and Public Policy Institute and the Friends of Science.
Bloggers and twitterers usually don't have those kinds of interests to protect, and as we've seen, they feel free to broadcast what they feel in the moment —
lawyer citizen journalism, if you like.
For example, documentary videos and
citizen journalism often proved to be more effective at countering pro-ISIS narratives, as did videos that featured religious debates and videos from ISIS defectors.
Further research
on citizen journalism is underway with indigenous peoples in the Arctic region and finding out how their blogging could drive change on major environmental and cultural issues.
Howdy folks, South by Southwest is coming up fast, and I'm getting completely psyched for our panel discussion on the Occupy movement
as citizen journalism.
This ties in with an article in this month's Wired about Gannett's focus on hyperlocal coverage and
citizen journalism in papers in its chain (see also Post coverage from December).
@WePublicHealth tests the use of a rotated curated Twitter account as a new model
for citizen journalism with a public health focus.
The idea was to allow ordinary citizens to submit news to the media giant via the Internet, to tap into what was then called «
citizen journalism.»
All of these events are testimony to the power of live reporting, and what some like to call «
citizen journalism.»
That's not going to change, but
citizen journalism is no longer the starring act it once was at these sites.
Thanks to the 24 - hour news cycle,
citizen journalism and social media, we're hearing and seeing much more than we ever used to.
But with social media, blogs,
citizen journalism, and ever greater amounts of news on a diverse and expanding range of sites, information is shared across borders and goes around censors with greater ease than ever before.
Not much new here, though the piece discusses YouTube and the rise of
citizen journalism, MySpace, Google - bombing and podcasts.
One highlight SXSW - goers shouldn't miss: our very own panl on the Occupy Movement and
citizen journalism:
This approach is a hybrid of
citizen journalism and traditional journalism, since MPR's audience isn't writing or preparing stories directly, as they might on a newspaper blog.
Good news — our South by Southwest panel discussion on the Occupy movement as an example of the power of
citizen journalism is online!
Turi Munthe, CEO of Demotix,
a citizen journalism website, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism Hilary term 2011 seminar series on 2nd March 2011.
One highlight SXSW - goers shouldn't miss: our very own panl on the Occupy Movement and
citizen journalism: Occupying Media: 24 - Hour Protest People The Occupy Wall Street Movement began in...
Google news, Guido Fawkes, Twitter, YouTube,
citizen journalism, PR Newswire, Skype, Facebook, RSS feeds, Technorati (for tracking blogs).
In today's world of 24/7 communication, social media, and
citizen journalism, cultural diplomacy has a deeper and wider scope, one that reflects its intersection with politics.
He set about some polar exploring of his own, looking at the idea of
citizen journalism as an education tool and the extent to which scientists achieve an unmediated form of communication through their blogging.
citizen journalism and newssharing sites like Onpublico and Buzzfeed dating sites.