Quote from Wikipedia with my boldfacing:
'The
concept of citizen journalism is based upon public citizens "playing an
active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and
disseminating news and information." Similarly, Courtney C. Radsch
defines citizen journalism "as an alternative and activist form of
newsgathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media
institutions, often as a repose to shortcoming in the professional
journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but is
driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative
sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream journalism." Jay
Rosen proposes a simpler definition: "When the people formerly known as
the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to
inform one another."
Citizen journalism should not be confused with community journalism or
civic journalism, both of which are practiced by professional
journalists. Collaborative journalism is also a separate concept and is
the practice of professional and non-professional journalists working
together. Citizen journalism is a specific form of both citizen media
and user generated content. By juxtaposing the term “citizen,” with its
attendant qualities of civic mindedness and social responsibility, with
that of “journalism,” which refers to a particular profession, Courtney
C. Radsch argues that this term best describes this particular form of
online and digital journalism conducted by amateurs, because it
underscores the link between the practice of journalism and its relation
to the political and public sphere.'
So are the following good examples: weblogs (blogs), facebook, twitter etc. What about the huffington post? Is that somewhere between or is it too professional now?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-28/aol-waits-for-a-huffington-post-payoff
Most facebook and twitter comment seems to me to lack depth and reflection - I doubt that I would classify it as citizen journalism - more like citizen reaction I think. Blogs are much more often signposts to or reflections on opinion which is informed and relevant to the topic (s) in hand, in my opinion.
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