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Citizen Journalism: New-Age Newsgathering

Citizen Journalism: New-Age Newsgathering

Rabia Noor
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781799818281|ISBN10: 1799818284|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799836568|EISBN13: 9781799818298
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1828-1.ch008
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Noor, Rabia. "Citizen Journalism: New-Age Newsgathering." Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation, edited by Marco Adria, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 135-159. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1828-1.ch008

APA

Noor, R. (2020). Citizen Journalism: New-Age Newsgathering. In M. Adria (Ed.), Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation (pp. 135-159). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1828-1.ch008

Chicago

Noor, Rabia. "Citizen Journalism: New-Age Newsgathering." In Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation, edited by Marco Adria, 135-159. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1828-1.ch008

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Abstract

The last decade has brought several advanced technologies for journalists. This in turn brought in a new era of revolutionary concepts of journalism. One among them is citizen journalism. Although the practice of citizen journalism existed centuries before, it is new media that has accelerated its pace in contemporary times. Citizen journalism is one of the most novel trends in journalism at present. Nowadays, several alternative news sources are available on the internet, such as blogs, social networking websites, etc. These offer a wide variety of news, thus giving a good competition to mainstream media. On many occasions, citizen journalists have reported breaking news faster than professional journalists. With the result, mainstream media no longer serves as the sole source of news. Many established television channels and newspapers are bringing in innovations in their operations to compete with what can be termed as new forms of journalism. The chapter underlines the significance and limitations of citizen journalism, which is only going to grow in the coming times.

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