| Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives- Volume 2 Contributor(s): Thorsen, Einar (Editor), Allan, Stuart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433122839 ISBN-13: 9781433122835 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $192.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Political Science |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| Series: Global Crises and the Media |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.50 lbs) 406 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second volume of Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first volume, namely by: Offering an overview of key developments in citizen journalism since 2008, including the use of social media in crisis reporting; Providing a new set of case studies highlighting important instances of citizen reporting of crisis events in a complementary range of national contexts; Introducing new ideas, concepts and frameworks for the study of citizen journalism; Evaluating current academic and journalistic debates regarding the growing significance of citizen journalism for globalising news cultures. This book expands on the first volume by offering new investigations of citizen journalism in the United States, United Kingdom, China, India and Iran, as well as offering fresh perspectives from national contexts around the globe, including Algeria, Columbia, Egypt, Haiti, Indonesia and West Papua, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Myanmar/Burma, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Syria and Zimbabwe. |
