Wikipedia's New Definition of Citizen Journalism

 

As you may know, Wikipedia is a project to create a multilingual encyclopedia with the participation of every one who has knowledge on anything. Sheldon Ramption, a PR critic and the editor of PR Watch at the Center for Media and Democracy, has recently edited the Citizen Journalism definition on Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
According to the new definition, Citizen Journalism has been modified as follows:

Citizen journalism, also known as "participatory journalism" is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information," according to the seminal report, We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information, by Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis. They say, "The intent of this participation is to provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging and relevant information that a democracy requires..."

You can review the previous definitions of Citizen Journalism here.
By the way, everybody is welcomed to participate and add one's definition.

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