Citizen playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information. Which is called as street journalism or citizen journalism
5. Few Tools You Can’t Ignore
• Facebook or MySpace – set up groups; post content; stay in
touch
• del.icio.us - social bookmark manager
• Twitter
• Niche social networks
– Ning
– LinkedIn
• Flickr/Picasa – photo sharing sites
• Blog – Wordpress, Blogspot
• Google Pages – pages.google.com - free, easy way to create a
Web site; some limitations
• Wikipedia - wisdom of crowd vs. gatekeepers
• Mobile: Stream live video via from cellphone via Qik
Citizen Journalism !! Jubanashwa Mishra.
6. Arthur C Clarke mentioned about "citizen
journalism" during Tsunami in 2004.
The best ones were written by people who
were not mainstream journalists but were
enterprising individuals who were present in
situation and shared notes on the web. The
best photographs were similarly obtained.
Everyone with access to a computer and the
internet is, in effect, a journalist.
Citizen Journalism !! Jubanashwa Mishra.
7. Recent Incident
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Citizen Journalism !! Jubanashwa Mishra.
8. Your 1 Share may get a mom her daughter back
Citizen Journalism !! Jubanashwa Mishra.
10. Nothing is permanent, changes is constant
Perception toward news media
• No more one-way communication; interactivity is the norm
• News is a conversation, not a lecture
• Everyone with access to a computer and the internet is a journalist
• Common man always reach before journalist
Citizen Journalism !! Jubanashwa Mishra.