Citizen Journalism

Contents: Yasmin Ibrahim: Social Media and the Mumbai Terror Attack: The Coming of Age of Twitter - Lindsay Palmer: CNN's Citizen Journalism Platform: The Ambivalent Labor of iReporting - Chris Greer/Eugene McLaughlin: Righting Wrongs: Citizen Journalism and Miscarriages of Justice - Lilie Chouliaraki: "I have a voice": The Cosmopolitan Ambivalence of Convergent Journalism - Kristina Riegert: Before the Revolutionary Moment: The Significance of Lebanese and Egyptian Bloggers in the New Media Ecology - Neil Thurman/James Rodgers: Citizen Journalism in Real Time? Live Blogging and Crisis Events - Donald Matheson: Tools in Their Pockets: How Personal Media Were Used During the Christchurch Earthquakes - Trevor Knoblich: Hurricane Sandy and the Adoption of Citizen Journalism Platforms - Einar Thorsen: Live Reporting Terror: Remediating Citizen Crisis Communication - Mette Mortensen: Eyewitness Images as a Genre of Crisis Reporting - Stuart Allan: Reformulating Photojournalism: Interweaving Professional and Citizen Photo-reportage of the Boston Bombings - Graham Meikle: Citizen Journalism, Sharing, and the Ethics of Visibility - Silvio Waisbord: Citizen Journalism, Development and Social Change: Hype and Hope - Clemencia Rodríguez: A Latin American Approach to Citizen Journalism - Firuzeh Shokooh Valle: Getting into the Mainstream: The Digital/Media Strategies of a Feminist Coalition in Puerto Rico - Yomna Kamel: Reporting a Revolution and Its Aftermath: When Activists Drive the News Coverage - Kayt Davies: Citizen Journalism in Indonesia's Disputed Territories: Life on the New Media Frontline - Karina Alexanyan: Civic Responsibility and Empowerment: Citizen Journalism in Russia - Last Moyo: Beyond the Newsroom Monopolies: Citizen Journalism as the Practice of Freedom in Zimbabwe - Lisa Lynch: "Blade and Keyboard In Hand": Wikileaks and/as Citizen Journalism - Nik Gowing: Beyond Journalism: The New Public Information Space - Hayley Watson/Kush Wadhwa: The Evolution of

Einar Thorsen is Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communication at the Media School, Bournemouth University. Stuart Allan is Professor of Journalism and Communication in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.

«Online technologies help us re-imagine contemporary forms of journalism and news storytelling. This outstanding volume cuts through the hype to present important insights on citizen journalism, through an array of case studies drawn as citizens around the world become key players in the sociology of news. This is an essential and compelling read for students, scholars and all those interested in what the future holds for journalism.» (Professor Zizi Papacharissi, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago)
«This book puts the latest developments in citizen media into global perspective. Anyone who follows this trend will gain new insights - and far from losing momentum, this trend is gaining strength.» (Professor Dan Gillmor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Arizona State University)
«Thorsen and Allan have gathered a compelling set of narratives and arguments that together make a powerful case for the role of citizens in the business of reporting crises around the world, a task that has long been reserved for the professional journalist. This is no mere celebration, however - the volume engages with the limits of citizen reporting, the better to place it within existing and emerging forms of journalism practice.» (Professor Chris Atton, School of Arts and Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier University)