1) Read the article from Media Magazine: The Rise and Rise of UGC (Dec 2009). Use our Media Magazine archive, click on MM30 and go to page 55.
3) What is meant by the term ‘citizen journalist’?
- Citizen journalism refers to the collection, dissemination, and analysis of news and information by the general public, especially by means of the Internet.
4) What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?
- the first time we saw examples of citizen journalism was by an onlooker from his apartment where they recorded the police beating and tasering Rodney King after a high speed chase.
5) List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.
- Message boards
- Q&A
- Polls
- Have your says
- Chat rooms
- Blogs with comments
6) What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?
- The first-hand UGC is usually more hard-hitting and emotive. The fact that the footage is very raw and in the moment adds to that effect. Also, it is one of the first footage/evidence that is scene of real events that are then shown on the news. Which, then allows a sense of immediacy as it lets people who are around the area know of what is going on as soon as possible and in such circumstances to the Asian Tsunami on December 26th 2004.
7) What is a gatekeeper?
- Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.
8) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
- The role of gatekeepers have changed as individuals can also act as gatekeepers, deciding what information to include in an email or in a blog. This allows opportunity for independent news to reach a niche but wide audience that often do not reach the news. This unites people in micro-communities which is a strength of the web.
9) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
- The rise in UGC has held concerns by Journalist due to the fact that this increase may lead to them losing their jobs. Since what we see on the news is increasingly becoming sourced from the audience, which would lead to people losing their jobs and news organisations will focus on 'crowd sourcing' in order to gather their information. Its also now become evident that news can be first heard through these UGC that have been spread through social media which then encourages the news organisations to then follow up on it. However this also raises concerns of the fact that this could lead to people sending in a lot of useless things that would take time to sort through all the negativity and biased information.
10) Offer your own opinion (critical autonomy) on the following:
- I believe that new/digital media is impacting news stories in the sense that it is becoming more based on what the audience is focusing on and what they bring to the table in a sense through UGC especially. What I have noticed over the years is that there has been an increase in the usage of UGC with major news organisations as it allows the views to really feel the reality and gravity of a situation first hand. I feel like with this uproar of audience bringing attention to one specific information makes news organisations consider other stories that they could talk about that they may not have considered before. Also the role of professionals have been impacted as UGC has allowed the audiences to get more involved and therefore professional journalism is becoming less and less important and underappreciated.
Hyper-reality and the digital renaissance
1) Read the article from Media Magazine: Hyper-reality and the digital renaissance (Dec 2009). Use our Media Magazine archive, click on MM30 and go to page 59.
-When something new happens twitter is usually the first to be informed and there is always a hashtag that is used to spread the news and may or may not end up in the trending page depending on how popular the news is
Snapchat
- The majority of the UGC content nowadays is often seen on phones and snapchat is also a part of that. being a good source for people to spread short clips of different kinds of events.
- When news gets popular it gets spread really quickly through friends and families, also popular pages that are targeted to a certain demographic.
4) How do live streaming services such as Periscope or Facebook Live fit into the idea of a 'digital renaissance'? Are these a force for good or simply a further blurring of reality?
- Live streaming services such as periscope or Facebook live fit the idea of 'digital renaissance' as a force for good as it allows audiences to see what is going on around the world at the same time as the person who is experiencing it first hand. This can serve as a positive for many as it keeps them updated and involved.
5) How can we link the 'digital renaissance' to our case study on news? Is citizen journalism a further example of hyper-reality or is it actually making news more accurate and closer to real life?
- I think you can like this to our case studies on news as it involves the change in social media and how it has changed how we perceive it. This can be closely linked to citizen journalism as UGC has allowed us to view news in a new light. It allows news to be more accurate to the extent of it being raw material that is seen from in the moment of the events. However it could serve as a hyper reality in the sense that we are not seeing all of what is recorded and just a small portion so whatever else is happening in the moment that may be significant in the story may lead to news organisations to unintentionally make a biased report as they are only seeing one side of the story.
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