Citizen Journalism in the New Media Era
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Caitlin MacBride
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How Many of You Have a Twitter??
How Many Tweet on a regular basis?◦ TwitPic?
How Many found out about Osama’s Death via Twitter or Facebook?
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Keith Urban (chief of staff for former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) tweeted about Osama Bin Laden’s death more than an hour before it was announced by President Obama
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Citizen Journalism is “the involvement of non-professionals in reporting news, especially in blogs and other websites” (dictionary.com).
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Facebook◦ Status◦ Pictures
Twitter Blogs Youtube
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Stories open to comments Own experiences Add facts on posted reports More or less run by professionals
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Professionals become aware News travels faster Pictures and videos Low cost No hidden facts
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Reliable? Audience? Not professional
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http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/69328/the-11-layers-of-citizen-journalism/
Dictionary.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-death-tweets_n_856119.html#s272181&title=Keith_Urbahn_Rumsfeld