Citizen Journalism
Global Perspectives
©2026
Textbook
XII,
372 Pages
Series:
Global Crises and the Media, Volume 32
Summary
This third volume of Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first and second volumes, namely by: 1) offering an overview of key developments in citizen journalism since 2014, including the use of social media in crisis reporting; 2) providing a new set of case studies highlighting important instances of citizen reporting of crisis events in a complementary range of national contexts; 3) introducing new ideas, concepts and frameworks for the study of citizen journalism; and 4) evaluating current academic and journalistic debates regarding the growing significance of citizen journalism for globalising news cultures. The book expands on the previous volumes by offering new investigations of citizen journalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Palestine, The Netherlands and Türkiye.
Details
- Pages
- XII, 372
- Publication Year
- 2026
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783034363150
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Citizen journalism news media international reporting crisis coverage user-generated content participatory journalism online news press and democracy alternative news
- Published
- New York, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, Oxford, 2026. XII, 372 pp., 15 b/w ill., 2 tables.
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