Citizen Journalism
- Table of Contents
- Series Editor’s Preface [full prev.]
- Introduction [full preview]
- Section One: Eyewitness Crisis Reporting
- Chapter 1: Histories of Citizen Journalism
- Chapter 2: The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq
- Chapter 3: Citizen Photojournalism During Crisis Events
- Chapter 4: Wikinews Reporting of Hurricane Katrina
- Chapter 5: Citizen Journalism in India: The Politics of Recognition
- Chapter 6: Human Rights and Wrongs: Blogging News of Everyday Life in Palestine
- Chapter 7: Citizen Journalism in China: The Case of the Wenchuan Earthquake
- Chapter 8: Blogging the Climate Change Crisis from Antarctica
- Section Two: Citizen Journalism and Democratic Cultures
- Chapter 9: The Iranian Story: What Citizens? What Journalism?
- Chapter 10: Citizen Journalism and Child Rights in Brazil
- Chapter 11: OhmyNews: Citizen Journalism in South Korea
- Chapter 12: Globalization, Citizen Journalism, and the Nation State: A Vietnamese Perspective
- Chapter 13: Citizen Journalism and the North Belgian Peace March
- Chapter 14: Indymedia and the Law: Issues for Citizen Journalism
- Chapter 15: Citizen Media and the Kenyan Electoral Crisis
- Chapter 16: Citizen Journalism as Social Networking: Reporting the 2007 Australian Federal Election
- Chapter 17: Crisis Alert: Barack Obama Meets a Citizen Journalist
- Section Three: Future Challenges
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- Einar Thorsen on Chapter 1: Histories of Citizen Journalism
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Introduction [full preview]
Stuart Allan and Einar Thorsen When “citizen journalism” makes the headlines it is often for the wrong reasons. A case in point occurred in October 2008 with respect to iReport.com, a news website operated by CNN, the cable news network. … Continue reading
Chapter 19: User-Generated Content and Journalistic Values
Mainstream media are increasingly appropriating citizen journalism content-broadly encapsulated under the umbrella of “user-generated content” (UGC)-in part to avoid perceptually undermining traditional journalism’s occupational values. Singer and Ashman (Chapter 19) pick up on this tension from the perspective of “journalists … Continue reading
Chapter 14: Indymedia and the Law: Issues for Citizen Journalism
Citizen journalism is frequently associated with political activists seeking to challenge society’s established institutions and power relations. In Chapter 14, Salter explores the position of Indymedia’s citizen journalists in relation to libel, security laws, and incitement, drawing on recent examples … Continue reading
Chapter 8: Blogging the Climate Change Crisis from Antarctica
Rounding out this section, Thorsen (Chapter 8) explores how scientists researching the climate-change crisis in Antarctica are using blogging as a means to communicate directly with the public. He argues that citizen journalism can function as a form of educational … Continue reading
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Chapter 3: Citizen Photojournalism During Crisis Events
Citizens’ eyewitness photography-especially where the use of a cell or mobile telephone equipped with a camera is concerned-is increasingly playing a significant role in crisis reporting. In Chapter 3, Liu, Palen, Sutton, Hughes, and Vieweg explore the genre of photo-blogging … Continue reading