Citizen Journalism (Global Crises and the Media) [Paperback]

Stuart Allan (Author, Editor), Einar Thorsen (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1433102951 | ISBN-13: 978-1433102950 | Edition: First printing

Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives examines the spontaneous actions of ordinary people, caught up in extraordinary events, who felt compelled to adopt the role of a news reporter. This collection of twenty-one original, thought-provoking chapters investigates citizen journalism in the West, including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia, as well as its development in a variety of other national contexts around the globe, including Brazil, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Palestine, South Korea, Vietnam, and even Antarctica. It engages with several of the most significant topics for this important area of inquiry from fresh, challenging perspectives. Its aim is to assess the contribution of citizen journalism to crisis reporting, and to encourage new forms of dialogue and debate about how it may be improved in future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they now have in their possession to inform one another, that's citizen journalism. It is a global phenomenon because the means for doing it have been distributed to the population at large. Therefore our ideas about it have to be global, too. And we cannot afford to be sentimental about citizens or dismissive of what professionals do. Only a book like this can get that tough-minded conversation going the right way, which is the open way. In a word, the editors have succeeded."
--Jay Rosen, Department of Journalism, New York University


"A wonderful sampling of recent cases with a truly global scope; a happy combination of new stories and the top scholars in online journalism. Going beyond theory, this volume demonstrates the variety and impact of reporting by the people, for the people."
--Mindy McAdams, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida

"A wonderful sampling of recent cases with a truly global scope; a happy combination of new stories and the top scholars in online journalism. Going beyond theory, this volume demonstrates the variety and impact of reporting by the people, for the people."
--Mindy McAdams, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida

About the Author

Stuart Allan is Professor of Journalism in the Media School, Bournemouth University, U.K.

Einar Thorsen is Senior Lecturer in Multimedia Journalism at the University of Teesside, U.K.

Product Details

• Paperback: 289 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; First printing edition (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1433102951
• ISBN-13: 978-1433102950
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Deuze (1969) is Associate Professor at Indiana University's Department of Telecommunications in Bloomington, United States. From 2007 to 2011 Mark has held a joint appointment as Professor of Journalism and New Media at Leiden University, The Netherlands (his home country). As a journalist he has written for newspapers and websites in South Africa, The Netherlands, and the United States. As a bass guitarist, he has played and performed with Dawn Awakening and Skinflower.

In 2003, Deuze was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. In 2007, Mark held a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Centre for International Communications Research of the University of Leeds. His research interests include the role of new media in everyday life, and the management of careers and firms in the creative industries. Publications of his work include seven books (three in Dutch) as well as over fifty articles in scholarly journals such as the The Information Society, New Media & Society, Journalism Studies, and Media Culture & Society. Most recent books: "Media Work" (Polity Press, 2007); "Managing Media Work" (Sage, 2011); "Media Life" (Polity Press, 2012); "Beyond Journalism" (Polity Press, TBA).