Can We Prove and Improve the Impact of Citizen Journalism in Times of Crisis?

• Philippe Wallez ^[1]
  1. [1] Aix-Marseille University

     Aix-Marseille University

     Arrondissement de Marseille, Francia

     
• Localización: Informazioa eta Big Data hedabideen sistema hibridoan: XIII Ziberkazetaritzaren Na-zioarteko Kongresua, Azaroak 15, 16 eta 17, 2021 / Ainara Larrondo Ureta (ed. lit.), Koldobika Meso Ayerdi (ed. lit.), Simón Peña Fernández (ed. lit.), 2022, ISBN 978-84-1319-412-7, págs. 235-253
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Professional journalists have lost the monopoly of distributing news in the digital era. As a result, different forms of alternative journalism have recently emerged over the last two decades, such as citizen, civic, participative journalism, among others. They have in common to ask the audience to participate, posting photos of events they witnessed, sharing news. The corporation of journalists is reluctant, arguing that activists could manipulate the news to seize power on the market of ideas. Nevertheless, most media companies have progressively adopted the format, coining the phrase User-Generated Content (UGC). The balance of the impact of this type of journalism on democracy is mixed. Citizen journalism encourages high standards, can confront news organizations, and hold professional journalists accountable. On the other hand, the cons insist on the dangers for the democratic societies of people without training and standards as guidelines. However, during a crisis, citizen journalism might be a helpful tool. We develop three case studies.