Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings
The advent of the Internet and social media has arguably opened up and democratized journalism as a social and professional practice. Most recently, newer online and mobile phone practices, variously referred to as “citizen journalism”, “participatory journalism”, “citizen-generated media”, “unfilte...
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| description | The advent of the Internet and social media has arguably opened up and democratized journalism as a social and professional practice. Most recently, newer online and mobile phone practices, variously referred to as “citizen journalism”, “participatory journalism”, “citizen-generated media”, “unfiltered journalism”, “hyperlocal journalism”, “networked journalism” and “grass-roots journalism”, have entered the journalism landscape, albeit constituting themselves mainly as subaltern, deprofessionalized, deinstitutionalized and radical counterhegemonic spaces (Allan, 2013; Atton, 2002; Gillmor, 2006; Moyo, 2014). Over time, these practices have crystalized around the term “citizen journalism”, identified by the leading alternative and digital media scholars as:
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journalism that is often associated with narratives of the ordinary people;
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journalism that is often associated with crises, be it social, political or even environmental;
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journalism that is shaped by the history and society in which in obtains (Allan, 2013; Atton, 2002;Gillmor, 2006). |
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| spelling | ir-11408-44572022-06-27T13:49:05Z Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings Moyo, Last Social movement Virtue ethic Ethical code The advent of the Internet and social media has arguably opened up and democratized journalism as a social and professional practice. Most recently, newer online and mobile phone practices, variously referred to as “citizen journalism”, “participatory journalism”, “citizen-generated media”, “unfiltered journalism”, “hyperlocal journalism”, “networked journalism” and “grass-roots journalism”, have entered the journalism landscape, albeit constituting themselves mainly as subaltern, deprofessionalized, deinstitutionalized and radical counterhegemonic spaces (Allan, 2013; Atton, 2002; Gillmor, 2006; Moyo, 2014). Over time, these practices have crystalized around the term “citizen journalism”, identified by the leading alternative and digital media scholars as: (a) journalism that is often associated with narratives of the ordinary people; (b) journalism that is often associated with crises, be it social, political or even environmental; (c) journalism that is shaped by the history and society in which in obtains (Allan, 2013; Atton, 2002;Gillmor, 2006). 2021-06-10T11:44:38Z 2021-06-10T11:44:38Z 2016 Book chapter 978-1-137-55450-5 978-1-349-56835-2 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137554505_3 https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137554505_3 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4457 en Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa;Chapter 3: p. 34-58 open Palgrave Macmillan |
| spellingShingle | Social movement Virtue ethic Ethical code Moyo, Last Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title | Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title_full | Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title_fullStr | Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title_short | Crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| title_sort | crossing taboo lines: ctizen journalism ethics in political crisis settings |
| topic | Social movement Virtue ethic Ethical code |
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