1) Citizen Journalist refers to Millions of people have constant access to filming capability through their mobiles, and footage can be uploaded and rapidly distributed on the internet. The power to make and break news has moved beyond the traditional news institutions.
2) One of the first examples of ordinary people generating news is the Rodney King incident. Video cameras had become more common and more people could afford them…unfortunately for four Los Angeles police officers. Having caught Rodney King, an African-American, after a high speed chase, the officers surrounded him, tasered him and beat him with clubs. The event was filmed by an onlooker from his apartment window. The home-video footage made prime-time news and became an international media sensation, and a focus for complaints about police racism towards African-Americans
3) Some of the formats News organisations now offer are forums, opinion polls, blogs, links to social sites, message boards.
4) UGC footage evokes more feeling out of the audience as it's a first hand account of what is happening directly in front of the person.
5) A gatekeeper has the job of deciding what is and isn’t news, and what will and won’t be broadcast on prime time television. Also, the gatekeeper (s) can also filter out irrelevant and misleading content
6) One of the main concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC is that there will be fewer jobs for journalists
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