The Golden Age of Citizen Journalism

VIKTÓRIA MIRVAJOVÁ

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Citizen journalism has never been as strong as it is now. New technologies and the Internet have influenced it a lot. The differences between the citizen and the professional journalism – or cooperation of these two elements – have become a discussed topic. There are two different views to the issue. Certain experts say it is impossible to compare the professional journalism to the citizen one. But some cases show that the citizen journalism is important part of current media.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/k.2014.21.1.149
Date of publication: 2015-05-15 15:19:45
Date of submission: 2015-05-15 14:25:49


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