Citizen journalism as voice of the masses

CITIZEN JOURNALISM has added a feather in media’s cap. Both print and electronic media have taken certain measures to engage people actively in the collating and presenting of news. Due to their limitations, the media tried to cope with the needs of the people by spreading its wings through citizen media.

Earlier, people irked by the lax judiciary and inept laws, had no option other than to wait for justice and their uplift. Elections were the only means through which they communicated with the government. By and by, improvement in the modes of media gave access to the masses. Resultantly, citizen journalism came into existence.

Citizen journalism is the platform for masses to interact with each other by contributing information or commentary on news events. Although citizen journalists are independent, they are bound not to write anything and everything. Now, people need to be aware and take care for those things, which they used to take for granted earlier.

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