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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

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Chapter 17: Crisis Alert: Barack Obama Meets a Citizen Journalist

The 2008 US presidential election marked a historic shift in American politics through the election of Barack Obama. One of the key characteristics of this campaign was the coming of age of the Internet, which is explored by Fiedler in … Continue reading

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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 4: Wikinews Reporting of Hurricane Katrina

The idea that citizen journalism can help victims of crisis is also the focus of Vis’s (Chapter 4) assessment of the performance of Wikinews in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the US coast in 2005. She illustrates how … 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

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