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How are citizen journalists telling the news?: An inventory of Swedish online citizen journalism sites
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Media and Journalism.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2017-1117
Karlstads universitet.
2013 (English)In: Nordmedia 2013: Defending Democracy, 2013Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this study, situated in Sweden, we examine what actual communities that are served by digital citizen community journalism in an everyday context. The results show that there are very few cases of citizen journalism and that they are situated in the same legacy media logic that they allegedly should be an alternative to. Moreover, the study shows that the citizen journalists focus on business news, entertainment and sports and do not cover local authorities. When sources are used they are few and originate from social institutions such as business, media, authorities and politics rather than citizens. All in all, this empirical study suggests that the reality of citizen journalism fall very short from the expectations expressed in much of the scholarly debate.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013.
Keywords [en]
citizen journalism, online media, community journalism, Sweden, content analysis
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Media and Communications
Research subject
Media Studies and Journalism, Media and Communication Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-32528OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-32528DiVA, id: diva2:699359
Conference
NORDMEDIA 2013. Defending democracy. Oslo, August 8-11, 2013.
Available from: 2014-02-27 Created: 2014-02-27 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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