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"Preditors": Making Citizen Journalism Work (2008) |
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Although there is great interest in citizen journalism services that harness user-generated content, the continuing contribution of professional staff who coordinate such efforts is often overlooked. This paper offers a typology of the work of the professional "preditors" who continue to operate at the heart of "pro-am" journalism initiatives. It shows that their work takes place along four dimensions – content work, networking, community work and tech work. It suggests that this is a structural change in journalistic practice, which has implications for journalists' professional identity and journalism education. |
Publication details |
| Download |
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/17398/ |
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School of Journalism & Communication, The University of Queensland
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| Contributors |
Bromley, Michael S.
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| Repository |
QUT | ePrints Archive (Australia) |
| Keywords |
190301 Journalism Studies,
200104 Media Studies,
200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies,
citizen journalism,
preditor,
practice-based research,
journalism,
Web 2.0
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Conference Paper
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/17398/1/17398.pdf
http://www.uq.edu.au/sjc/index.html?page=79423&pid=69333
Wilson, Jason A. and Saunders, Barry J. and Bruns, Axel (2008) "Preditors": Making Citizen Journalism Work. In: AMIC Conference: Convergence, Citizen Journalism and Social Change, 26-28 March 2008, Brisbane.
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