Citizen Journalism: Challenges & Opportunities for Governments & Companies

CITIZEN JOURNALISM The challenges & opportunities for governments & corporations

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The concept of citizen journalism (also known as “public”, “participatory”, "democratic", "guerrilla" or "street" journalism) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.

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Characteristics ofCitizen Journalism


Activist


http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/08/us-hongkong-train-idUSTRE6071S120100108

Collaborative


http://www.ipaidabribe.com/

Diffuse


http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm

Subjective


http://twitter.com/BPglobalPR

Partial


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei

Rigorous


http://www.information.dk/databloggen

Professional


http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/

Mediated


http://citizenmap.scmp.com/

Immediate


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8XxcOj3Seo

How Respond?


Openly engage in dialogue


http://www.facebook.com/peopleforasmarterplanet?lnk=ussph4.56.1

Lead from the top


http://www.tonyfernandesblog.com/main.php/2012/07/09/we-didn-t-start-the-fire

Rebut inaccuracies


http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.hk/2012/06/setting-record-straight-competition-in.html

Call detractors’ bluff


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-huawei-us-idUSTRE71N7EL20110224

Arm supporters


http://www.chk.com/Independence/Pages/Information.aspx

Empower your employees


https://plus.google.com/102789527778212659259/posts

Walk the talk


http://www.walmartstores.com/Sustainability/9292.aspx


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