What is meant by the term 'citizen journalist' ?
both who make the news and what makes the news.
news being generated by 'ordinary people'.
What was one of the first examples of news being generated by 'ordinary people' ?
The film of the beating of Rodney King , An African American.
List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisation :
Most news organisations include formats for participation : messages abroad, chat rooms, Q&A, polls, have your says, and blogs with comments enabled, social media sites are also built around UGC, wikipedia news, google news, and Youtube.
What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first hand (UGC) ?
First hand view, rather than professionally shot footage from behind the police lines, is often more hard-hitting and emotive.
What is a gate keeper ?
people who decide what is and what isn't news.
How has the role of a gate-keeper changed?
groups who had little access to self-representations, such as youth groups, low income groups, and various minority groups may through citizen journalism, begin to find that they too have a voice.
What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC ?
There are now fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’ Some believe that the mediators and moderators might eventually disappear too, leaving a world where the media is, finally, unmediated. This does raise concerns however. Without moderation sites could be overrun by bigots or fools, by those who shout loudest, and those who have little else to do but make posts The risk of being dominated by defamatory or racist or other hate-fuelled content raises questions about unmoderated
content: ‘free speech’ is great as long as you agree with what everybody is saying!
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