The rise of the citizen journalist and increased attention to this phenomenon requires a
sociological assessment that seeks to develop an understanding of how citizen journalism …

Citizen journalism has become a prominent term referring to a variety of newsgathering and
reporting practices conducted via a range of new digital technologies. The scholarly …

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 production and dissemination ofnews is changing. News is now expected on demand.
around the clock andfrom around the world. Technology and its accessibility in some parts …

This article reviews the state of research on citizen journalism over the past decade. The key
areas covered include the ways traditional journalism has responded to this phenomenon …

Citizen Journalism explores citizen participation in the news as an evolving disruptive
practice in digital journalism. This volume moves beyond the debates over the mainstream …

Is citizen journalism–blogging, open-source newsgathering, wikis, informational “mash-ups”
and citizen journalism sites–transforming the nature of news? Many observers believe so …

Democracy remains a normative vision–even if aspects of it continue to be debated–and it is
this context of democratic ideals that ultimately accords journalism its raison d'être and …

It is increasingly the case that the person first on the scene of a newsworthy event and that is
prepared to document what is transpiring is an ordinary citizen carrying their smartphone …

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