Abstract
Citizen journalism (in French Journalisme citoyen) is a form of journalism exercised by the public (the readers, the audiences and tele-viewers), specifically on the internet. Theoretically, it could be seen as a kind of revolution within the public getting into a trade long held jealously mainly by conventional journalists. What accounts for the fact that a trade, whose mastery requires training on its techniques and specific norms, gets invaded by untutored minds? That appears to be the central issue we are seeking to resolve in this article. We go from the hypothesis that citizen journalism has developed as a result of the publics’ lack of satisfaction, both at quantitative and qualitative levels with the delivery of conventional journalism. In effect, conventional journalism raises myriad issues that require the consumers to proceed to a kind of selection, which itself could be a problem. However, by their nature, issues that constitute news are complex, and this leads to some manipulation in their treatment. These two axes appear to reveal the main sources of discord between conventional journalism and revolted-publics.
Highlights
The concept of citizen journalism may be confusing if it is understood in a civic perspective where citizen refers to “inhabitant of a city”
The consequence is a kind of a unique media agenda that contributes to the reinforcement of the feeling of dissatisfaction of the public
Facts which are not processed by conventional journalists because of the law constitute a source of dissatisfaction from the public which want to know about everything
Summary
The concept of citizen journalism (in French Journalisme citoyen) may be confusing if it is understood in a civic perspective where citizen refers to “inhabitant of a city”. The question of dissatisfaction in relation to conventional journalism raised in our hypothesis is found at the quantitative level, in relation to the selection of news items (where are they from and how are they selected?) as well as at the qualitative level, in relation to logics (points of view) developed in articles published. These two major axes appear as those which are liable to reveal with ease the main sources of contention between conventional journalism and “revolted public” constituted in citizen journalists. We shall end our study by asking questions on the future of conventional journalism in this revolutionary context
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