NDM News: Citizen journalism

• Examples

In the article it explains one man getting injured in the LA as six days of rioting was happening and when Rodney King just looked outside and got the video camera out he got hit and beaten for no reason and this is an example of citizen journalism or trying to for the first time. Rotherham example would be after this was shown it got on to Prime time news and it showed that people who put this on-line the news would show it. 

Good example would be in 2004 the asian tsunami people with out knowing filmed this when they were in the wreckage and then they put it online where they news would show it on the TV and it was showing people accidentally doing journalism without noticing. Another would be the bombings in London provided another opportunity and it made citizen journalism big in the modern world.  

• Theory (audience reception etc.) 

I would say the action code is a theory I would use because of the people who use digital devices and then to record a big impact media problem online and then news to show this would be probably get people engaging. This is also an enigma code because people wonder why is there footage of a civilian how did the news industry get this and it carrys on by becoming this big story.

This is also Uses and gratification of people wanting the surveillance as to keeping updated on this. This theory goes with audience because they wanting to be updated no matter what they want information and the details. Also its personal relations as to talking and communicating with people and understanding it together as to a way of communication. 

• Benefits to institutions 

This is easy for the institutions because firstly it lets them cut jobs and yes its a disadvantage on the workers its also good because industries can save the money on people who are doing citizen journalism. They are in a way using the citizens for this and getting all there videos from them as to people having high tech digital phones now that can do 4K which is really good quality.

It benefits the institution's because of views and ratings that's what they also want they want daily viewers to increase and they believe if people posting videos footage will attract them the only problem would be if fake but mostly there is also witnesses and evidence. 

• Benefits to audience 

To audience get more footage and realism in the world as to getting actual footage of whats happening as we use to get only described and wouldn't understand. This benefits audience because its from a source which is not the industry that its actually a ordinary person who did the video and it shows the difference between them and the news. Audience use this to communicate together and collaborate with the story and discuss the problems.

• wider issues and debates 

This makes a moral panic that someone actually seeing this that there is a problem going on. the debates would be is it actually true? Do we really believe the source that comes out of a citizen. It can be fake thats true it can be unreliable in a way , the wider issues is that industries think they can cut jobs because of this and its hard for employment as people are doing this which is good but you can keep the journalists it would be good for other stories and also the cut of jobs put people in difficult positions. Censorship has gone ever since citizen journalism as we dont care what is shown any more.

• SHEP

Big stories like 9/11, London bombings and Tsunami have all been shown on people phones and have been recorded by civilians views have been sent out to people or described. In wider context even without video people use to to describe what happen and it would be said in interviews and the moment of what they feel. The importance of citizen journalism is big because we need see different views. 

Next, answer the following questions in the same blogpost:

1) What is meant by the term ‘citizen journalist’?
It is a citizen which takes footage of an event and posts it online and that it is part of a news story which will be an impact of what people want to see. It is the action of the people using there digital device to record or capture the event.
  

2) What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?
 It would be the incident with Rodney king




3) List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.
  They offer many ways to look at news such as apps and now on social media. They have websites on the internet and they also have ways to broadcast on the internet. They give photos and videos of what is happening

4) What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?
 Professional shot footage would have the information on there such as the location, time and also the information. The different with first hand it can be blurry and the lighting is not great. Sometimes first hand the information is not correct.

5) What is a gatekeeper?
Is the one who picks news content 


6) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
 The role is that the gaterkeeper chooses what can be news and what can not be news it is the use of the point where now in the modern age all the news is on the internet and can find what we want.

7) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
 The loss of job, if internet give news from people who find it first hand and develop stories what is the point of journalists to the industry. The big concern is the cut of journalits and how people can tell the news on internet.

Finally, consider the following questions and answer each bullet point in the same blogpost:

What impact is new/digital media having on the following:

• news stories
  The impact of news stories is that there is a large choice and you can have a story on anything you want from crisis to celebrities and it can grow bigger. You get news updates when ever.
• the news agenda (the choice of stories that make up the news)
  This no longer exists as for the internet they can post what ever they want and you can get it in seconds.
• the role of professionals in news
  
  They are dying as to people who do there job on the internet, the only way is either pay wall or cut jobs as it is getting easier to get news and now industries are falling.