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Tuesday 7 December 2010
Wednesday 1 December 2010
#12 - Article - The rise and rise of UGC
Key points from the article "Is reality becoming more real? The rise and rise of UGC"
Now new technologies mean that the audience are no longer passive receivers of news.
We are in the era of user generated content (UGC) where the old divide between institution and audience is being eroded.
Key to this change has been the development of new technologies such as video phones and the growth of the internet and user-dominated sites.
1991 - Video cameras had become more common and more people could afford them…unfortunately for four Los Angeles police officers. King’s beating would be just another hidden incident with no consequences.
This was one of the first examples of the news being generated by ‘ordinary people,’ now commonly known as ‘citizen journalists’, ‘grassroots journalists’, or even ‘accidental journalists’.
Most news organisations include formats for participation: message boards, chat rooms, Q&A, polls, have your says, and blogs with comments enabled.
The natural disaster of the Asian Tsunami on December 26th 2004 was another turning point for UGC. Much of the early footage of events was provided from citizen journalists, or ‘accidental journalists,’ providing on-the-spot witness accounts of events as they unfolded.
A second terrible event, the London bombings on July 5th 2005, provided another opportunity for citizen journalists to influence the mainstream news agenda. No one was closer to events than those caught up in the bombings, and the footage they provided from their mobile phones was raw and uncompromising.
23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. Between his first attack, when he shot two people, going on to kill a further 30 people. Rather than concentrate on saving his own life, Jamal Albarghouti recorded events from his position lying on the ground near the firing. The footage, available on YouTube and CNN brought events home to a worldwide audience.
Twitter and flickr came to the forefront during the Mumbai bombings in India in late November 2008.
You can send in as much UGC to the major news organisations as you want, with no guarantee that any of it will ever be aired. The blogosphere, for example, provides an opportunity for independent, often minority and niche views and news to reach a wide audience.
The change in the landscape of the news means that groups who had little access to self-representation before, such as youth groups, low income groups, and various minority groups may, through citizen journalism, begin to find that they too have a voice.
It is likely that in future there will be fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’
Now new technologies mean that the audience are no longer passive receivers of news.
We are in the era of user generated content (UGC) where the old divide between institution and audience is being eroded.
Key to this change has been the development of new technologies such as video phones and the growth of the internet and user-dominated sites.
1991 - Video cameras had become more common and more people could afford them…unfortunately for four Los Angeles police officers. King’s beating would be just another hidden incident with no consequences.
This was one of the first examples of the news being generated by ‘ordinary people,’ now commonly known as ‘citizen journalists’, ‘grassroots journalists’, or even ‘accidental journalists’.
Most news organisations include formats for participation: message boards, chat rooms, Q&A, polls, have your says, and blogs with comments enabled.
The natural disaster of the Asian Tsunami on December 26th 2004 was another turning point for UGC. Much of the early footage of events was provided from citizen journalists, or ‘accidental journalists,’ providing on-the-spot witness accounts of events as they unfolded.
A second terrible event, the London bombings on July 5th 2005, provided another opportunity for citizen journalists to influence the mainstream news agenda. No one was closer to events than those caught up in the bombings, and the footage they provided from their mobile phones was raw and uncompromising.
23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. Between his first attack, when he shot two people, going on to kill a further 30 people. Rather than concentrate on saving his own life, Jamal Albarghouti recorded events from his position lying on the ground near the firing. The footage, available on YouTube and CNN brought events home to a worldwide audience.
Twitter and flickr came to the forefront during the Mumbai bombings in India in late November 2008.
You can send in as much UGC to the major news organisations as you want, with no guarantee that any of it will ever be aired. The blogosphere, for example, provides an opportunity for independent, often minority and niche views and news to reach a wide audience.
The change in the landscape of the news means that groups who had little access to self-representation before, such as youth groups, low income groups, and various minority groups may, through citizen journalism, begin to find that they too have a voice.
It is likely that in future there will be fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’
#11 Post - UGC
1. What is meant by the term ‘citizen journalist’?
Citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla"[2] or "street journalism" is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information".
2. What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?
1991 - Video cameras had become more common and more people could afford them…unfortunately for four Los Angeles police officers who were recorded as racist for brutally beating a black man. King’s beating would be just another hidden incident with no consequences.
3. List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.
The blogosphere, for example, provides an opportunity for independent, often minority and niche views and news to reach a wide audience.
4. What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?
First hand footage could be perceived in the wrong context and may set off a problem for the public. Professionally shot footage is a lot clearer and can be viewed easily.
5. What is a gatekeeper?
In journalism, gate keeping is the process through which ideas and information are filtered for publication. The internal decision making process of relaying or withholding information from the media to the masses. The theory was first instituted by social psychologist Kurt Lewin in 1947.
6. How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
It has profound implications for professional content creators of all types.
http://pegmulligan.com/2010/07/26/content-strategy-and-technical-communication-by-sarah-okeefe/
7. What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
It is likely that in future there will be fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’ Some believe that the mediators and moderators might eventually disappear too, leaving a world where the media is, finally, unmediated. This does raise concerns however. Without moderation sites could be overrun by bigots or fools, by those who shout loudest, and those who have little else to do but make posts.
Citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla"[2] or "street journalism" is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information".
2. What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?
1991 - Video cameras had become more common and more people could afford them…unfortunately for four Los Angeles police officers who were recorded as racist for brutally beating a black man. King’s beating would be just another hidden incident with no consequences.
3. List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.
The blogosphere, for example, provides an opportunity for independent, often minority and niche views and news to reach a wide audience.
4. What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?
First hand footage could be perceived in the wrong context and may set off a problem for the public. Professionally shot footage is a lot clearer and can be viewed easily.
5. What is a gatekeeper?
In journalism, gate keeping is the process through which ideas and information are filtered for publication. The internal decision making process of relaying or withholding information from the media to the masses. The theory was first instituted by social psychologist Kurt Lewin in 1947.
6. How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?
It has profound implications for professional content creators of all types.
http://pegmulligan.com/2010/07/26/content-strategy-and-technical-communication-by-sarah-okeefe/
7. What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of UGC?
It is likely that in future there will be fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’ Some believe that the mediators and moderators might eventually disappear too, leaving a world where the media is, finally, unmediated. This does raise concerns however. Without moderation sites could be overrun by bigots or fools, by those who shout loudest, and those who have little else to do but make posts.
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