This observation holds true where scholars are concerned as well, of course, as we shall see on the pages of this special global media and china gmc issue devoted to new perspectives on citizen journalism. Global perspectives global crises and the media stuart allan, einar. City research online citizen journalism in real time. Social media and ict usage in conflicts areas springerlink. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10 mobile, windows phone 8. Before we turn to the individual articles, let us briefly consider the emergence of citizen journalism in other asian contexts as a. Global perspectives, volume two edited by einar thorsen and stuart allan published in 2014, published by peter lang new york this second volume of citizen journalism. Media files is a new monthly podcast, featuring discussion between media researchers, experts and working journalists on the big issues in the media landscape today. Social media as well as information and communication technology ict play a major role in different conflicts all over the world. Global perspectives seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first volume, namely by. Tanks and bulldozers surround her house as bombs are hurled through the windows. Fmml participants conducted facetoface and via skype, in 20 and 2016 respectively.
It engages with several of the most significant topics for this important area of inquiry from fresh, challenging perspectives. This collection of twentyone original, thoughtprovoking chapters investigates citizen journalism in the west, including the united states, united kingdom, europe, and australia, as well as its development in a. Citizen journalism news, research and analysis the. Global perspectives examines the spontaneous actions of ordinary people, caught up in extraordinary events, who felt compelled to adopt the role of a news reporter. Browse citizen journalism news, research and analysis from the conversation.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Citizen journalism has been described as the democratization of the multimedia technologies by the people and for the people salawu, 2007. Its aim is to assess the contribution of citizen journalism to crisis reporting, and to encourage new forms of dialogue and debate about how it may be improved in future. They have been crucial tools in the beginning of the socalled arab spring in tunisia, the ongoing war in syria, the struggle of palestinian activists but also the ukrainerussia conflict. Perspectives and issues in the global broadcast landscape article pdf available january 2014 with 1,176 reads how we measure reads.
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