A citizen journalist is an ordinary person – who isn’t an actual journalist – that provides an account of an event that they’ve witnessed through video, photos text, etc.
The first examples of news that was generated by ‘ordinary people’ was the Rodney King incident – where this man got brutally beaten up by a member of the police and an onlooker caught it on camera.
The formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations are:
· Message boards
· Chat rooms
· Q&A
· Polls
· Blogs with comments
The main differences between professionally shot footage and UGC footage, taken first hand is that, professionally show footage is usually shot by a media institution – for example news – therefore they look for the best, most clear and eventful shots they can get. However, first hand footage is usually shot by an onlooker who films what they can see in the moment – this may mean it’s not as clear and is only from one perspective – professionally shot footage would aim to get various different shots from various viewpoints.
A gatekeeper is a barrier that moderates what can or can’t be shown/ broadcasted on media platforms to audiences.
The role of a gatekeeper has changed because they are unable to moderate material that’s on the web. This could be done by blogging. Also, it gives a chance to groups that had little access to self-representation before to have a voice.
One of the primary concerns that’s held by journalists over the rise of UGC is that it’s likely in the future that there will be less trained staff at news organisations that will leave a smaller amount of core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists.
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