Description
Volume 3 seeks to: 1) offer an overview of key developments in citizen journalism since 2014, including the use of social media in crisis reporting; 2) provide a new set of case studies; 3) introduce new ideas, concepts and frameworks; and 4) evaluate current debates regarding the growing significance of citizen journalism This third volume of Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first and second volumes, namely by: 1) offering an overview of key developments in citizen journalism since 2014, including the use of social media in crisis reporting; 2) providing a new set of case studies highlighting important instances of citizen reporting of crisis events in a complementary range of national contexts; 3) introducing new ideas, concepts and frameworks for the study of citizen journalism; and 4) evaluating current academic and journalistic debates regarding the growing significance of citizen journalism for globalising news cultures. The book expands on the previous volumes by offering new investigations of citizen journalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Palestine, The Netherlands and Türkiye.
Series Editor's Preface - Stuart Allan: Introduction - Section One: Definitional Boundaries of Citizen Journalism - John V. Pavlik: Emerging Media and Citizen Journalism: Considering How New Technology May Transform News Engagement - Bolette B. Blaagaard: Between Activism, journalism, and the Public: The Continuing Boundary Work of Citizen Journalism - Scott A. Eldridge II: Interlopers, Interloping: Practitioners and Practices of Boundary-Crossing Journalism - Tara Marie Mortensen, Brian McDermott and Bob Wertz: The New News Photo: Citizen Journalism and the Changing Visual Newsscape - Jisu Kim and Jisu Huh: Use of Citizen-generated Content in the News and Its Influence on Audience Trust and News Engagement - Simon McEnnis: Citizen Witnessing and Sports Journalism: Crisis, Cruelty, and Whistleblowing - Section Two: War, Conflict and Crisis - Ibrahim Horoub: Voices Amid Conflict: The Emergence and Impact of Citizen Journalism in Palestine - Maria Nilsson: From Local News to Tik Tok Postings in Wartime: Eyewitness Visuals in Digital News - Jelle Mast: Negotiating Journalistic Values and Roles in Response to 'Anti-normative' Citizen Images: The Case of ISIS' 'Terrorist Spectaculars' - Florian Primig and Anna Litvinenko: Between Witness and Combatant: The Role of Citizens in Reporting Platformed War - Mastura Mahamed: Redefining Citizen Journalism in Malaysia in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Bruce Mutsvairo and Susana Salgado: Theorizing Citizen Journalism and Authoritarian Regimes - Section Three: Protest and Resistance - Glenda Cooper: 'More than a news outlet... a symbol of defiance': How Women-led Websites Attempt to Change the Narrative Around Afghanistan and Promote Feminist/LGBTQ+ Agendas - Denetra Walker: Black Death "Gone Viral": Black Journalists Reflect on Their Experiences with Citizen Journalists and Cellphone Footage - Chi Kit CHAN: Citizen Journalism and Social Mobilization: Alternative Media in Post-handover Hong Kong - Krishnan Vasudevan: Citizen Journalism on the Frontlines of Environmental Justice - Yasemin Mina Ulubelen: Çapul TV as a 'Hybrid' Alternative News Media in Turkey - Vojtech Dvorák: Breaking the Silence: Toward Unhoused Citizen Journalism and Social Change - Section Four: Citizen Information, Evidence and Data - Adebayo Okeowo: Citizen Media Evidence in an Era of Misinformation and Disinformation: A Case Study of Nigeria - Job Mwaura and Prinola Govenden: Emerging Voices: Analysing Proliferation of Digital Citizen Journalism Platforms - Arianna Grasso: Non-Citizen Journalism and Counter-Information Practices: Exposing Detention Complexes and Citizenship Hierarchies - Subin Paul: A Literacy Approach to Citizen Journalism in India - Marcelo Santos and Luján Román: User-Generated Content or User-Generated Data?: A Critical Review of Citizen Online Participation - Wendy Norris: Crisis Citizen Journalism Research in the Post-API Age - List of Contributors - Index
Stuart Allan is Professor of Journalism and Communication in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK. Much of his research revolves around the visual dimensions of war, conflict, and crisis reporting, including both professional photojournalism and citizen witnessing.
Einar Thorsen is Professor of Journalism and Communication and University Dean of Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Bournemouth University, UK. His research covers news innovation, journalism and social change, citizens' voices, news reporting of crisis and politics.
