Browse Hierarchy CMC6001: Citizen Journalism and Civic Engagement

This module considers citizen journalism and civic engagement in online contexts. It examines the expansion of participatory journalism and its changing relationship with traditional broadcast and print news sources. The role of citizen journalism in democratic processes and in international contexts is explored, as well as the representation of this role in the mainstream press. Students will reflect on the possibilities that citizen journalism offers for civic participation and critique, and the restrictions in on- and off-line contexts. The development of online practices, genres and structures will be considered as students produce their own original piece of op-ed or investigative citizen journalism in blog format.