Does citizen journalism present an opportunity or a threat for news industries? Support your answer with specific examples and relevant academic literature.
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NEWS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
In this session we develop an understanding of news in the digital world in terms of both its production and consumption. We further unpack the phenomenon of citizen journalism and outline the historical discourses and uses of technology for the production of bottom-up news. We also discuss the role and spread of digital only news outlets in order to consider broad questions on the relationship between digital media and the news. How do digital media transform the traditional news industries? How do they transform news consumption? In those transformations, what issues arise in terms of power?
SEMINAR
In the seminar you will identify and discuss key questions from the lecture and the key readings. In preparation for the seminar you are asked to bring two pieces of news on the same event, one produced by a citizen journalist and one by a mainstream institution. The examples do not have to originate from the UK.
CORE READING
Al-Ghazzi, O. (2014) “Citizen journalism” in the Syrian uprising: Problematizing Western narratives in a local context. Communication Theory 24 (4), 435–454.
Sienkiewicz, M. (2014) ‘Start making sense: a three-tier approach to citizen journalism,’ Media, Culture & Society, 36(5): 691-701.
FURTHER READING
Allan, S. and Peter, C. (2015) ‘Visual truths of citizen reportage: four research problematics,’ Information, Communication and Society, 18(11). DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1061576.
Allan, S. and Thorsen, E. (eds) (2009) Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives.
Atton, C. (2009) ‘Alternative and citizen journalism’, pp. 265-278, in K. Wahl-Jorgensen and T.
Hanitzsch (eds) The Handbook of Journalism Studies. London: Routledge. Borges-Ray, E. (2016) ‘Unravelling Data Journalism,’ Journalism Practice, DOI:
10.1080/17512786.2016.1159921

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