JOUR3143

Course Descriptions

This course introduces students to the role of citizen journalism and its relationship to professional journalism and mainstream media. Citizen journalism is the gathering, writing, editing, production and distribution of news and information by people not trained as professional journalists who collect, disseminate and analyse news on blogs, wikis and sharing websites using tablets, laptops, cell phones, digital cameras and other mobile and wireless technologies. Citizen journalism is also referred to as "alternative media”, an activist form of professional newsgathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on substitute sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream journalism. Content from citizen journalists is now increasingly also known as user-generated content. Its relevance for professional journalists and media companies lies in the growing integration of such content onto online mainstream media platforms and the move by professional journalists into citizen journalism.

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