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The Protection of Citizen Journalists During Armed Conflicts
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 267-278
"Digital technologies are changing the way in which journalism is performed. Today, reports by citizen journalists (CJs) are extremely relevant when traditional journalists cannot access hostile and dangerous areas. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 90% of murdered reporters were lo
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How Safe Is It? Being an activist citizen journalist in Turkey
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 279-288
"This study discusses how and in what ways activist citizen journalists in Turkey develop safety tactics against the repressive strategies of a neoliberal authoritarian government. By drawing on the theories of alternative new media and citizen journalism, we conducted interviews with activist citiz
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Citizen Journalism and Democratisation of Mainstream Media in Rwanda
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 178-197
"This paper explores the role that citizen journalism is playing in democratising the mainstream media in Rwanda. Through in-depth interviews with journalists from two radio stations and by using the public sphere theory as a theoretical framework, this research sought to answer the question as to w
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Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-Operation, Collaboration and Connectivity
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xiv, 341 pp.
Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xv, 367 pp.
"This edited volume discusses the theoretical, practical and methodological issues surrounding changes in journalism in the digital era. The chapters explore how technological innovations have transformed journalism and how an international comparative perspective can contribute to our understanding
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Citizen Media and Public Spaces: Diverse Expressions of Citizenship and Dissent
London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 250 pp.
"Citizen Media and Public Spaces presents a pioneering exploration of citizen media as a highly interdisciplinary domain that raises vital political, social and ethical issues relating to conceptions of citizenship and state boundaries, the construction of publics and social imaginaries, processes o
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Digital Humanitarians: Citizen Journalists on the Virtual Front Line of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters
Journalism Practice, volume 11, issue 2-3 (2016), pp. 213-228
"Eyewitness user-generated content has dominated the study of citizen journalism in crisis and conflict zones. However, the convergence of online networked technologies, like social media, collaborative mapping and real-time information management, gives ordinary people the capacity to commit acts o
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Participation, Citizen Journalism and the Contestations of Identity and National Symbols: A Case of Zimbabwe’s National Heroes and the Heroes’ Acre
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2016), pp. 85-106
"This article constitutes an examination on how citizen journalism has challenged Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian regime on issues pertaining to national heroes and usages of the Heroes’ Acre as central national identity markers. Under Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe has seen the public being limited
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Mojo: The Mobile Journalism Handbook. How to Make Broadcast Videos with an IPhone or IPad
Key Guidance
New York; London: Focal Press (2016), xii, 310 pp.
"Mojo: The Mobile Journalism Handbook is the first book devoted specifically to training citizens, journalism students and media professionals to produce professional-quality videos with only a mobile device. As journalism becomes increasingly competitive, students and emerging professionals need a
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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
Top Insights
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.
"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t
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Citoyenneté numérique: Ce que l’Afrique prépare. Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, République démocratique du Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Sénégal
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 39 pp.
"L’approfondissement des pratiques démocratiques dans les pays étudiés passe non seulement par le renforcement des capacités des médias et des journalistes, pour qu’ils puissent s’emparer pleinement des outils numériques, mais aussi par la montée en puissance d’un grand nombre de nouv
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Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights Practitioners
Cambridge: University of Cambridge (2016), 35 pp.
"This paper examines the role of open source research in human rights fact-finding and seeks to address a gap in the current literature, which lacks a human rights perspective, is dominated by journalistic approaches, or focuses on specific tools. It focuses on citizen media, the visual subset of op
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Case Study: Mídia NINJA and the Rise of Citizen Journalism in Brazil
In: Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice
Eric Gordon; Paul Mihailidis (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass; London: MIT Press (2016), pp. 527-532
Democratizing Journalism Through Mobile Media: The Mojo Revolution
New York; London: Routledge (2016), xiv, 213 pp.
"Fuelled by a distrust of big media and the development of mobile technologies, the resulting convergence of journalism praxis (professional to alternative), workflows (analogue to multipoint digital) and platforms (PC to mobile), result in a 24-hour always-on content cycle. The information revoluti
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Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice
Cambridge, Mass; London: MIT Press (2016), xii, 648 pp.
"This book examines the use of “civic media”—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Scholars from a range of disciplines and practitioners from a variety of organizations offer analyses and case studies that
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African Digital Media Review, Issue 2
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 4 (2016), pp. 1-136
Digital Age as Ethical Maze: Citizen Journalism Ethics During Crises in Zimbabwe and South Africa
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2015), pp. 125-144
"This article discusses citizen journalism ethics in crisis settings. It argues for an ontological critique of citizen journalism ethics where the practice must not be judged in relation to the moral taboos of mainstream journalism. Situating citizen journalism within the broader context of liquid m
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Philippine Community Journalism: Roles, Status and Prospec
Grassroots Editor & Community Journalism, issue Spring (2015), pp. 29-36
"This case study examines the current state of community journalism in the Philippines. This paper builds from previous studies, especially those by Filipino community journalism scholar Crispin Maslog, on the community press in the Philippines. The focus of this paper is the community newspaper and
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Social media as a heteroglossic discursive space and Kenya's emergent alternative/citizen experiment
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2015), pp. 66-81
"This article critically reflects on how social media platforms such as Twitter (read here as a heteroglossic text and space) enable and encourage public participation in wider national conversations. The article explores this through the work of key bloggers/activists and citizen journalists, refle
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Comunicación popular, comunitaria y ciudadana: Ejes de investigación y fundamentos teóricos
In: La contribución de América Latina al campo de la comunicación: historia, enfoques teóricos, epistemológicos y tendencias de la investigación
César Bolaño; Delia Crovi Druetta; Gustavo Cimadevilla (eds.)
Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros (2015), pp. 419-445
