Pros And Cons Of Citizen Journalism

Using examples, evaluate the extent to which citizen journalism has assisted or challenged the practice of professional journalism.

Introduction

With the development of technology, digital media has played an important role in people 's lives. The 21st century has witnessed the development of mass media, from the popularity of the newspaper to the propensity of the internet and so prevailing is the news . Citizen journalism has also become the trend of society. Citizen journalism is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, citizen journalism has a certain role in assisting professional news. On the other hand, citizen journalism has certain challenges to professional news. There are various ways to get the source of news, in addition to television

In fact, more and more people are starting to take advantage of content publishers. This can be seen in TV news, such as winter snow photos, traffic accidents or local sporting events. However, it leaves a question, what exactly is news anyway? What do you need to be a citizen journalist? What is its impact on today 's fast-paced society? Basically, a lot of people think this is a great thing and it can be a good tool for promoting interaction between the media community and the community. There are pros and cons of citizen journalism, we need to face this issue critically and dialectically. On the one hand, citizen journalism has some benefits that professional journalism can not provide. Firstly, comparing with professional journalism, citizen journalism provides a wider range of news and fills the gaps in mainstream media. The main body of the dissemination of citizen journalism is ordinary citizens rather than professional journalists or professional media. People can through the Facebook, microblog,Twitter to publish news which happened around their life. Delicacy, beautiful scenery, sports events, entertainments, political commentary can be seen in Weibo, Twitter, Facebook and so on. Secondly, citizen journalism could stimulate the interest of audience. Most audiences enjoy reading news, because news may satisfy their interests. They may obtain information through the professional media like newspaper, television news and broadcast radio. They may obtain information through the social media like mobile phone, Fackbook, Twitter, microblog as well. Generally, the content of professional journalism may not satisfy the audience’s interest, since the rise of citizen journalism, people can be more concerned about their favorite news. For example, the families pay attention to the discount of supermarket, young people may like to focus on beauty products in microblog evaluation before