Today we will be discussing the rise of Citizen Journalism in Nigeria at large. But first we have to discuss what Citizen Journalism really is before moving to the issue of the day.
Citizen Journalism also known as public participatory or public Journalism, guerrilla or Street Journalism is when the public play an active role in the process of collecting, analysing, reporting, and disseminating information. Courtney C. Radsch defines Citizen Journalism "as an alternative and activist form of newsgathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream Journalism.
Citizen Journalism also known as public participatory or public Journalism, guerrilla or Street Journalism is when the public play an active role in the process of collecting, analysing, reporting, and disseminating information. Courtney C. Radsch defines Citizen Journalism "as an alternative and activist form of newsgathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream Journalism.
