New perspectives on citizen journalism

Authors: Zeng, X., Jain, S., Nguyen, A. and Allan, S.

Journal: Global Media and China

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 3-12

eISSN: 2059-4372

DOI: 10.1177/2059436419836459

Abstract:

In the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the term ‘citizen journalism’ swiftly gained currency with global news organisations finding themselves in the difficult position of being largely dependent on ‘amateur’ photographs, video footage and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of what was transpiring on the ground in the most severely affected areas. Despite its ambiguities, the term was widely perceived to capture the countervailing ethos of the ordinary person’s capacity to contribute to professional news coverage, thereby providing commentators with a useful label to characterise an ostensibly new genre of user-generated content.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32350/

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New perspectives on citizen journalism

Authors: Zeng, X., Jain, S., An, N. and Allan, S.

Journal: GLOBAL MEDIA AND CHINA

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 3-12

eISSN: 2059-4372

ISSN: 2059-4364

DOI: 10.1177/2059436419836459

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32350/

Source: Web of Science (Lite)

New perspectives on citizen journalism

Authors: Zeng, X., Jain, S., Nguyen, A. and Allan, S.

Journal: Global Media and China

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32350/

Source: Manual

New perspectives on citizen journalism

Authors: Zeng, X., Jain, S., Nguyen, A. and Allan, S.

Journal: Global Media and China

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 3-12

ISSN: 2059-4364

Abstract:

In the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, the term ‘citizen journalism’ swiftly gained currency with global news organisations finding themselves in the difficult position of being largely dependent on ‘amateur’ photographs, video footage and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of what was transpiring on the ground in the most severely affected areas. Despite its ambiguities, the term was widely perceived to capture the countervailing ethos of the ordinary person’s capacity to contribute to professional news coverage, thereby providing commentators with a useful label to characterise an ostensibly new genre of user-generated content.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32350/

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