Development and strengthening of citizen journalism in internet-based information sharing

Abstract

Journalism has gone through some major radical changes in the past century. This has been reflected by the practise of citizenship based journalism. This literature review analyses the concept of citizen journalism. This also explores the ethical responsibilities which are tied into digital platform publishing. It observes what gaps exist in citizen journalism and what future concepts should be explored and expanded upon. This has been done through the use of scholarly articles which pertain to the issue and provide meaningful insight into the many different themes. These themes highlight the commonalities which the scholars have observed in their investigative endeavours. Where gaps in the literature where present, they were noted and higlighed to asssit future shcolars in their own research endeavours. The future direction for research in investigative journalism is explored. This presents the projection that the overall concept could take in the future, potentially replacing mainstream newssite with locally sourced journalism that is more involved and intimate. The conclusion presents the gist of the information which can be gleaned from what is presented in the paper. This creates both a summraisation of the information as well as create a synthesis of the arguments presented in the paper to increase organisation of information and increase comprehensibility.