Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Citizen Journalism




Citizen Journalism:
It is a term that refers to the public being the active members in the making of news stories. Individuals are basically without professional training they are normal citizens that dessiminate news with the use of modern communication technology. Citizen journalism has been flourishing at a higher rate in the Arab world due to the uprisings. People are uploading their own videos and news on blogs or are interacting with specific TV channels websites Other than uploading content through the website, user media content can also be sent via email or directly from their mobiles of what currently is happening; therefore, giving the world a different taste of how life is in their region than the mainstream publications are providing. Certain videos are then edited by the Tv Channel then broadcasted to the large audience around the world. Citizen journalism has gave people the chance of expressing the real situations though which they are going through, and have played a major role lately in the Arab region.

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