STRUGGLE OF CITIZEN JOURNALISTS: OPINION STUDY OF MEDIA EXPERTS AND ACADEMICIANS IN TAMIL NADU
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i5.2024.2003Keywords:
Citizen Journalism, Social Media, Mainstream Journalism, Journalists, Citizen Journalists, Threats, Professionalism, Fake NewsAbstract [English]
With the swift growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Social Media Networking Sites (SNS) like Facebook, Twitter etc., have been providing vast information to the public. Citizens started using Social Media networking sites as a tool to share the incidents around them which were inaccessible to the views of mainstream media in Tamil Nadu. The process of citizens involving in such kind of journalism activities is called as Citizen Journalism. The Citizens who involve themselves in the process of Citizen Journalism are said to be Citizen Journalists. This study tries to understand the various challenges faced by Citizen Journalists while involving themselves in such journalistic activities. This study analyses the opinion and perspectives of the media experts and academicians about the challenges faced by citizen journalists in Tamil Nadu. To find the challenges faced by citizen journalists in Tamil Nadu, the researcher has employed in-depth interview method among ten media experts and academicians in the field of journalism.
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