Examples
- Hudson River plane crash on January 15th 2009
- Mumbai bombings in India in late November 2008
- London bombings on July 5th 2005
- Asian Tsunami on December 26th 2004
- Four officers charged - LA riots 1992
- 30 Police officers against man with machete
- Woolwich machete attack
- Racist women on tram
- Abusive Passenger Thrown Off Train
- London Riots August 2011
Theory
Benefits to institutions
With more ugc people would send this into the a news organisation for e.g. the bbc and the bbc could then talk about the news that they got sent in and it may give them a competitive advantage over competitors as they would have first hand footage when sky news for e.g. wouldn't.
Benefits to audience
They now have the advantage as they can blog about their opinion as well as the usage of social media in which they can tweet or facebook about first hand footage and this may get coverage without use of the big broadcasting institutions.
Wider issues and debates
Social
There is now more use of social due to the fact you can tweet each other and find out the news from there on.
Historical
Broadcasting was the way everyone got the news at first, not anymore as you can go on the internet and get it from there or even on your phone there and then.
Economical
Online viewing of the news can be free, to get sky news on your tvs may cost you.
Political
It may be bad news for the government as the programmes they are funding may lose out on audiences as broadcasting may not be everyone's main source of news anymore
Wider issues and debates
Social
There is now more use of social due to the fact you can tweet each other and find out the news from there on.
Historical
Broadcasting was the way everyone got the news at first, not anymore as you can go on the internet and get it from there or even on your phone there and then.
Economical
Online viewing of the news can be free, to get sky news on your tvs may cost you.
Political
It may be bad news for the government as the programmes they are funding may lose out on audiences as broadcasting may not be everyone's main source of news anymore
SHEP
A process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.
2. What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?
3) List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations
5) What is a gatekeeper?
Gatekeepers are the professional editors and producers who control what is and isn’t shown on the news live. Gatekeepers serve in various roles including academic admissions, financial advising, and news editing. An academic admissions officer might review students' qualifications based on criteria like test scores, race, social class, grades, family connections, and even athletic ability.
6) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
Traditionally if a citizen had a story to tell or a piece of news they would have had to go through these news organizations, however UGC and sites that encourage that such as Twitter and Facebook allow citizens and ordinary people with a story to be heard.
7) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
Journalists fear their jobs as everyone is producing their content. They believe in the future there will be fewer trained staff in news organisations as the job is already being done for them.
- Polls
- Have your says
- Blogs with comments enabled
- Message boards
- Chat Rooms
- Question & Answer
- MySpace
- You Tube
5) What is a gatekeeper?
Gatekeepers are the professional editors and producers who control what is and isn’t shown on the news live. Gatekeepers serve in various roles including academic admissions, financial advising, and news editing. An academic admissions officer might review students' qualifications based on criteria like test scores, race, social class, grades, family connections, and even athletic ability.
6) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
Traditionally if a citizen had a story to tell or a piece of news they would have had to go through these news organizations, however UGC and sites that encourage that such as Twitter and Facebook allow citizens and ordinary people with a story to be heard.
7) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
Journalists fear their jobs as everyone is producing their content. They believe in the future there will be fewer trained staff in news organisations as the job is already being done for them.
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