CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND THEIR INFLUENCE TO THE COLLECTION AND CONTENT OF NEWS
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Key words: citizen journalism, traditional journalism, news, content of news, the benefits of citizen journalism, drawbacks of citizen journalismAbstract
This article discusses issues of citizen journalism. Researchers have given many definitions of what
citizen journalism is, which is detailed in the first part of this article. The second part examines the advantages
and disadvantages of the citizen journalism. Also, this article explores the role of citizen journalism
in the dissemination of news. With the advent of new technologies, each user can publish any information,
upload photos, video on the internet, which allows them to be a journalist. This trend says that
professional journalists have competitors. Can we call them competitors?This article gives an answer to
this question considering the advantages and disadvantages, and the possibilities of professional and citizen
journalism. The topic of this article is relevant in the century of new technologies and innovations.
