… To our knowledge, no study has explored the mechanism delineating TCJP on SNS during
a crisis such as COVID-19. Consequently, the lacuna that this study seeks to fill is: how much …

… , ranging from a user-generated comment on a news article to people gathering original …
Citizen journalism and democracy: How user-generated news use relates to political knowledge …

… In the beginning, the attention drawn by participation in the media was closely linked to
its conception as an intrinsically democratic tool. This concept was used in a highly diverse …

… political awareness among the public and encouraging their … , for democracy to work well
in a complex society, journalism is necessary. Citizens need information about the political, …

… objectivity, and empowering digital media, information accessibility, and democratization of
… Combining computer skills in journalism, sharing knowledge, humanitarian-related subjects…

… in citizen journalism grew as the awareness of citizen … proper functioning of a democracy,
and that journalists serve a special … user-generated content (including most activity on social …

… shown that citizen journalism is one way to practice democracy, … indirectly impacts Malaysians’
political knowledge if they fail to … of user-generated content for community newspapers. …

… of how news is assembled and disseminated by effectively and efficiently adopting user-generated
content that has injected new blood into the very nature of journalism. While …

… With the emergence of citizen journalism and user-generated content (UGC), media … to
citizen journalism’s political campaigns and increase in political awareness of participants. …

… and communication, who are assumed to have more knowledge about news media than
the general public. Therefore, a more varied sample may had generated different findings. …