The document compares citizen journalism and official news providers in distributing news stories about the return of Linda Hamilton to the Terminator franchise. It provides an example comparing an article from the official news website The Telegraph to one from the citizen journalism website Outer Places. While both discuss Hamilton's return, the Telegraph article provides more detail but goes off topic, while the Outer Places article sticks closely to the topic in a shorter format. The document also notes differences between the sites like audience, ownership, and journalist freedom.

1. NEWS DISTRIBUTION
CITIZEN JOURNALISM VS. OFFICIAL NEWS PROVIDERS.

2. CITIZEN JOURNALIST DISTRIBUTERS WEBSITE:

3. CITIZEN JOURNALISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

4. CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN AN APP:

5. CITIZEN JOURNALISM NEWS STORIES + COMMENT
SECTION

6. MY NEWS STORY

7. OFFICIAL NEWS WEBSITE

8. OFFICIAL NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

9. OFFICIAL NEWS APP

10. STORY ONE
Official news story
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/terminator-timeline-guide-extremely-confusing-story-far/
Citizen journalism
• https://www.outerplaces.com/science-fiction/item/16773-terminator-sarah-connor-linda-hamilton

11. THE TELEGRAPH

16. CITIZEN JOURNALISM ARTICLE: OUTER PLACES

17. COMPARING THE STORIES’ DISTRIBUTORS
Similarities Differences
Both the distributors are hyping the return of Linda Hamilton to
the movie franchise, which makes it a good thing.
The Guardian distributes news using printed methods
(newspapers) unlike Outer Places which is online only. This
means The Guardian is more popular than Outer Places as it is
more distributed, this means it is easier to find and
Both the distributors use online methods of distributing news (a
website and social media).
The Guardian gives more detail about the topic, but instead of
sticking to the topic, it goes off to explaining the entire movie
franchise.
Both articles will appeal and attract to a niche audience. Outer places sticks to the point and keeps the article short but
easier to get the information from. Whereas The Guardian’s story
is also really long.
The Guardian is owned by a bigger company which means that
they will be biased by the big company. This makes Outer Places
better as it is independent.
The journalists that write for The Guardian will not have as much
freedom as the writers for Outer Places.
The Target Audience for Outer Places are the people into science,
science fiction and discovery. Whereas The Guardian newspaper
targets a well-educated, relatively young, predominantly male
and liberal audience centred around London. Fifty-two percent
of Guardian readers are male, and the average reader age is 44.