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Chapter 6: Human Rights and Wrongs: Blogging News of Everyday Life in Palestine

Citizen journalism from within a conflict zone is the focus of Zayyan and Carter’s (Chapter 6) discussion, which explores how bloggers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories “have helped to tell a truth different from the one frequently related in the … Continue reading

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Chapter 2: The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq

The Iraq war provides the backdrop for Wall’s (Chapter 2) analysis of the recent wave of warblogs- “a feisty new genre of blog that focused specifically on the terrorism wars”-written by Iraqis from within the war zone, and milblogs, written … Continue reading

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Chapter 1: Histories of Citizen Journalism

In Chapter 1, Allan sets the scene for the book’s discussion by exploring what counts as “citizen journalism” from varied historical perspectives. Beginning with a brief overview of the emergence of the internet as a “new news medium,” he proceeds … Continue reading

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