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A Documentary on Citizen Journalism

In a recent post on the My Heart’s in Accra blog, there’s a link to an interesting video on the blog phenomenon. Created for a Project Documentary class at Cambridge Community Television, Citizen Journalism: From Pamphlet to Blog is currently hosted on blip.tv, a video sharing site. The video positions blogging in the context of a long history of U.S. citizen or community-based media, like pamphleting and zines.
The documentary provides a snapshot of citizen media development in the local Boston area, such as a city council member using video blogs. While addressing the digital divide, the relationship with mainstream media sources, and censorship, Citizen Journalism documents the utility of blogging for community-based action campaigns and connecting global communities working on similar issues.

18 August 2006 | 09.45am (CEST) | posted by Marie | |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Democracy & Freedom | Media & Information | Science & Technology

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