Citizen journalism and UGC (user-generated content) 1) Read the article from Media Magazine: The Rise and Rise of UGC (Dec 2009). Use our Media Magazine archive, click on MM30 and go to page 55. 2) Create a blogpost where you make notes from the article under the following headings: LA police officers beating Rodney King with clubs and tasering him. The home video completed prime time news; produced riots. This wouldn't have occurred if the bystander wasn't there to record it- can still be watched to this day. Asian tsunami December 2004, much of the early recording was provided by citizen journalists also social networking sites deliver personal accounts on a international scale (after a few days). London bombings 2005, footage delivered by those caught up in the bombings was a first-hand view. theory (audience reception etc.) Blumler and Katz: Uses and gratifications theory, an aspect of this theory is the surveillance side of things...
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