For this week, we learnt more about how journalism and the internet is starting to get more and more intwined with each other :) Journalism by definition is the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media. However, don't you agree that in the current world today, this definition is no longer relevant?
Behold - With the emergence of Web 2.0, Citizen Journalism is born! As a recap here, Web 2.0 is the "widely read-write web" where there is no longer solely published content, but also user generated content!

As seen from here, anybody will be able to see the shift towards the internet for news about the world, with traditional media sources experiencing a significant drop in viewership and readership. These statistics speak a lot in showing the gradual but significant shift from traditional media to internet journalism, where probably because of the benefit of fast news provided by the internet that caused people to prefer it more. Oh wells, whatever the case, internet journalism is here to stay :)
Internet shaping the future of internet journalism
- Internet Journalism have to meet the demand for fast and reliable news
- People expect free news as the sources where people can obtain the latest news is literally endless and uncontainable. (if a site requires that people pay a fee to view its content, it will only lose traffic) --> definitely not a wise thing to do
- Internet journalism as a area where people can obtain "more reliable" news about a certain situation. Citizen journalism is free from the propaganda by the government who frequently interferes into what news is broadcasted through traditional media
How can citizen participate and contribute in the betterment of society through citizen journalism?
- By being able to provide a fair and bias free assessment of the situation so as to help provide the public with good quality news.
- Offer up to date news (e.g: Tweet whenever something happens to inform others as soon as possible in a situation where quick reaction is essential--> e.g. a fire
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