Digital Journalism In The 21st Century

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In the space of a decade, online journalism has become extremely important to people’s lives, which in some cases has lead to the decline in print news altogether. With the rise of citizen journalism, some may think that the quality of digital journalism has also declined. In this essay, using references from both past and present examples, I will be discussing the current state of online journalism and its contributions to a more critical and diverse form of journalism. I will also look into the growth of citizen journalism and the effects that this has on online journalism.

Author Kevin Kawamoto suggests that ‘Digital Journalism is a difficult concept to define precisely because it can mean different things to different people. In fact, …show more content…

Key changes in the media and societal relationships have occurred due to the internet. Online journalism has allowed the media to become more democratised due to new technologies, such as social media, mobile phones and laptops, allowing for more participation from anyone who has access to any of these …show more content…

Journalism is now an art form open to interpretation to anybody that feels like it. The power of social media and networking sites can be demonstrated by the Mumbai attacks; within seconds of the attacks, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites had thousands of photographs, videos and accounts being posted online (Beaumont, 2008). Most of the information that was published on these sites by citizen journalists was picked up by global news agencies and used in their own broadcasts.

The contribution of online journalism may be a more diverse form of journalism; especially because of news organisations creating apps in which you can access your news from your mobile device or tablet. However, the diversity of online journalism may not mean that more people are learning about important news. For example, fake news articles from websites such as The Daily Mash are continuously circulating social media sites such as Facebook, gaining hundreds of thousands of likes from people all over the

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