Citizen journalism is advantageous in a way that it allowed individuals to express opinions and criticism on issue which was traditionally expressed by news corporations. However, the credibility of each entry is questionable; it is harder to assess the validity in ones claim. It would be unimaginable to view a society where traditional media is over dominated by citizen journalism (though we can see this transition today). There needs to be a "big media" that can be credible so that there is some kind of assurance within society that can provide plausable information. Although we can question whether these "big media" are providing us with credited information, laws and regulation can provide some assurance.
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You make an interesting point but I wanted to express my fear of the government regulation or guidance for the truth. Sometimes the government does not want us to know the truth, i.e. Ciudad Juarez. YIKES is all that scary.
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