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Stuart Allan - Citizen Witnessing: Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis - 9780745651958 - V9780745651958
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Citizen Witnessing: Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis

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Description for Citizen Witnessing: Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis Hardback. Drawing on a wide range of examples to illustrate his argument, Allan considers citizen witnessing as a public service, showing how it can help to reinvigorate journalism s responsibilities within democratic cultures. The resultant book is required reading for all students of journalism, digital media, and society. Series: Key Concepts in Journalism. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.

What role can the ordinary citizen perform in news reporting? This question goes to the heart of current debates about citizen journalism, one of the most challenging issues confronting the news media today.

In this timely and provocative book, Stuart Allan introduces the key concept of ‘citizen witnessing’ in order to rethink familiar assumptions underlying traditional distinctions between the ‘amateur’ and the ‘professional’ journalist. Particular attention is focused on the spontaneous actions of ordinary people – caught-up in crisis events transpiring around them – who feel compelled to participate in the making of news. In bearing witness to what they ... Read more

Drawing on a wide range of examples to illustrate his argument, Allan considers citizen witnessing as a public service, showing how it can help to reinvigorate journalism’s responsibilities within democratic cultures. This book is required reading for all students of journalism, digital media and society.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Key Concepts in Journalism
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745651958
SKU
V9780745651958
Shipping Time
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About Stuart Allan
Stuart Allan is professor of journalism at Bournemouth University. His previous books include: Matheson, D. & Allan, S., Digital War Reporting and Allan, S. & Thorsen E. (eds.), Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives.

Reviews for Citizen Witnessing: Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis
"It’s difficult to find fault with (this) book. I hope that it will change the way academics and the wider populous use the various terms associated with what has generally been labelled or mislabelled as citizen journalism and that the term citizen witnessing, as Allan conceptualises it, takes hold." Digital Journalism "Drawing on a wide range ... Read more

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