Media Information Literacy

2. WHAT IS CITIZEN JOURNALISM?

3. WHAT IS CITIZEN JOURNALISM?
•CITIZEN JOURNALISM IS WHEN PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS DO ESSENTIALLY
WHAT PROFESSIONAL REPORTERS DO - REPORT INFORMATION.
•THE COLLECTION, DISSEMINATION, AND ANALYSIS OF NEWS AND
INFORMATION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY BY MEANS OF THE
INTERNET.

4. WHO CAN BE A CITIZENJOURNALIST
ANYONE!

5. FOUR TYPES OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM
1. SHARING OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS, AND AUDIO POSTING ON BLOGS, FACEBOOK AND
OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
2. SHARING OF OPINIONS, COMMENTING ON THINGS YOU FIND ONLINE MAKES YOU
BECOME A CITIZEN JOURNALIST BY SHARING YOUR OPINIONS WITH OTHERS
3. SHARING OF DISCOVERY, AND SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE WORLD AFTER
DISCOVERING NEWS
4. SHARING OF EXPERTISE CREATING A BLOG OR DOING A REPORT ON A TOPIC YOU ARE
KNOWLEDGEABLE ON, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT A JOURNALIST

6. ADVANTAGES OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM
• EMPOWERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES
• CITIZEN JOURNALISM MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO COVER THE MAJORITY OF EVENTS
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD
• NEWS CAN BE TOLD WITHOUT BEING SWAYED BY POLITICAL VIEWS OR OTHER
AGENDAS

7. DISADVANTAGES OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM
•CITIZEN JOURNALISTS CAN BE SWAYED BY THEIR OWN OPINIONS
•THEIR IS NO FORMAL TRAINING INVOLVED
•IT HAS LIMITED AUDIENCE IN SOME CASES.

9. REFERENCES
• HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/CHRISTINEMC/CITIZEN-JOURNALISM-10051232
• HTTPS://BRIDGETBELLARS.WORDPRESS.COM/2016/10/07/THE-ADVANTAGES-AND-DISADVANTAGES-
OF-CITIZEN-JOURNALISM/
• HTTPS://BRIDGETBELLARS.WORDPRESS.COM/2016/10/07/THE-ADVANTAGES-AND-DISADVANTAGES-
OF-CITIZEN-JOURNALISM/
• HTTP://CMFR-PHIL.ORG/MEDIA-ETHICS-RESPONSIBILITY/ETHICS/POWER-TO-THE-PEOPLE/