Citizen journalism

• What is citizen journalism?

  Public spreading information via the internet
• How can citizen journalism overcome bias?

  By providing alternative perspectives and reports
• What role does citizen journalism play in exposing corruption?

  It records illegal activities of the powerful
• What did Philo & Berry (2011) find about British TV reports on Palestinians?

  They relied on official Israeli perspectives
• What did Ashuri (2012) demonstrate about citizen journalism?

  It can provide unbiased reports on issues
• What forms can citizen journalism take?

  Mobile phone pictures, blogs, and reports
• What is the significance of citizen journalism in modern media?

  It exposes offensive or corrupt activities
• Bivens (2008) Citizen Journalism

  citizen journalism can take many forms- Mobile phone pictures & videos at the scene of events, publishing original news reports and commentary via public blogs, online criticism of mainstream news 

  • citizen journalism is used to expose offensive, illegal or corrupt activities of the powerful e.g. recording police officers who are in the wrong etc