The literature on online citizen journalism tends to construe user-generated citizen media as
inherently counter-hegemonic, as the emerging, as yet unformed but nonetheless virile …

In this paper, the relationships between theories of (new) citizenship and (new) journalism
are explored. The meaning of citizenship has changed in the last few decades. People still …

Since it emerged early this century,'citizen journalist'and its related terms have been
increasingly contested among groups including professional journalists, academics, and …

This chapter examines journalism that is produced not by professionals but by those outside
mainstream media organizations. Amateur media producers typically have little or no …

This study seeks to understand how community newspaper editors negotiate the
professional complexities posed by citizen journalism—a phenomenon that, even in the …

This article aims to contribute to a critical research agenda for investigating the democratic
implications of citizen journalism and social news. The article calls for a broad conception of …

The contribution of professional journalism to democratic citizenship is well-established, but
the proliferation of online user-generated news begs the question of whether citizen …

In this article, we investigate the emergence of “participatory journalism” as a scholarly
object in the field of journalism studies. By conducting a genealogical analysis of 119 …

Local journalism represents the majority of journalism in many countries, yet is often
overlooked in discussions of journalism and its future. This manuscript provides an overview …