Reasons for the rise of citizen journalism

1. The progress and popularization of personal communication technology. With digital cameras, digital video cameras, Internet blogs, cell phones, text messaging and other communications technology into the homes of ordinary people, for citizens to provide and publish news to give technical support, so that people can at any time in the scene of the breaking news obtained by the dissemination of the news. This breaks the traditional pattern and monopoly that only news professionals can disseminate news, and prompts more citizens to participate in the digital age and media society in a more active and proactive communication posture.

For example, the September 11, 2001, incident in the United States made blogs the first time to become a real source of news. Hundreds of personal blogs covering the September 11 incident posted countless photographs, videos, and on-site audio recordings, as well as eyewitness descriptions in their own handwriting, providing audiences with an in-depth coverage of the news event that could not be seen in the traditional media news.

2. There is a growing demand for audience participation in news dissemination. In recent years, despite the rapid growth in the number of media, the dramatic expansion of newspaper space, radio and television time continues to lengthen, but the audience access to news information, often not the demand. The homogenization of news, the superficialization of information, the lack of knowledge, and the false propaganda have forced the audience to actively seek news, chase information, and actively participate in the news exchange, which has prompted the citizens or the audience to actively and proactively provide news to the media or publish news through the Internet.

A little after 5 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2005, just after Typhoon Maysa, Duan Guangzhu, who lives in a fishing village home near Shazikou, Qingdao, is a DV enthusiast. He shot from the balcony of his home to a thrilling scene --- more than a dozen meters high row after row of huge waves, whistling to the shore, crashing into the coast, migrant workers Wei Qinggang three times jumped into the sea to save the hero's feat. This video was quickly sent to Qingdao TV station, and in the life online broadcast, almost overnight, this three into three out of the waves in the rescue of the young man, Qingdao has become a household name in the rescue of heroes. For this reason, Wei Qinggang was named by CCTV as the 2005 Moving China People.

The facts show that citizen journalism is precisely because of the audience to meet this real demand, which can be said to be a revolution for the development of news dissemination. The traditional media have been forced to broaden their resource orientation and adopt a variety of means to collect news, including encouraging citizens to provide news and buying news from citizens.

3. Network communication is the key. It encompasses a wide range of new media, including "blogs," "wikis," "podcasting," and citizen networks. Forms. From the development trend, the Internet has become the "citizen journalism" the most important publishing position, and the blog is one of the main forms of publication, the blog is the meaning of the network log, refers to the use of the network for daily record of people.

Internet communication has made it possible for citizens to become journalists, and for people to be more proactive in seeking out news as it happens, sometimes by collaborating with each other. Citizen journalism builds on this sense and has had a major impact on the traditional news distribution landscape. While the mainstream media will not be crushed by the emergence of citizen journalism, its authority has been challenged, and some bloggers have begun to monitor the work of professional journalists, correcting errors and biases in their reporting.

Citizen journalism has risen for a number of reasons, but the most important is that it has been presented with facts via the internet that people have to be impressed by.