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    Citizen journalism poses dangers both to journalists and the public. For journalists with no professional training, citizen journalism can lead to increased risks like kidnapping, violence, and death, especially when reporting on powerful criminal organizations. The public can also be harmed when citizen journalists lack objectivity and ethics, leading to inaccurate or biased reporting that could damage people's reputations without cause. Case studies demonstrate real examples, like a man falsely accused of terrorism online after going missing, facing harassment until he was later found dead. While citizen journalism allows greater access to information, the lack of professional standards means both journalists and the public are more vulnerable to harm.

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    Citizen journalism poses dangers both to journalists and the public. For journalists with no professional training, citizen journalism can lead to increased risks like kidnapping, violence, and death, especially when reporting on powerful criminal organizations. The public can also be harmed when citizen journalists lack objectivity and ethics, leading to inaccurate or biased reporting that could damage people's reputations without cause. Case studies demonstrate real examples, like a man falsely accused of terrorism online after going missing, facing harassment until he was later found dead. While citizen journalism allows greater access to information, the lack of professional standards means both journalists and the public are more vulnerable to harm.

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    THE DANGERS

    OF CITIZEN
    JOURNALISM Rya Ryzel
    Rabisanto
    John Dave
    Magayano
    Roland Neil
    Tumamao
    WHAT IS CITIZEN xoxo
    JOURNALISM? #1

    It is when people with no professional training


    disseminate information and report news stories.
    Today, the internet is used by citizen journalists as
    means to collect data and spread information.
    Citizen journalism is also known as collaborative
    media, participatory journalism, democratic
    journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism.
    CASE
    STUDY #1

    Videofreex: The 'Pioneers' of


    Citizen Journalism
    The Videofreex was a group of idealists
    who captured political and social
    upheaval with their portable video
    cameras. They were founded in 1969 by
    David Cort, Mary Curtis Ratcliff and Parry
    Teasdale, long before the internet made
    its debut. They used their guerilla-style
    footage to offer alternative perspectives to
    that of mainstream media.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQT3vXpBL1g
    CASE
    STUDY #2
    Ever Dream This Man?
    'This Man' was claimed to have been repeatedly
    seen in dreams worldwide since 2006, but was never
    found in the real world. A website dedicated to this
    phenomenon was created by Andrea Natella in
    2008, but it was not until October 2009 that it
    gained attention from the press and online internet
    users. On an interview with Vice magazine, Natella
    explained that he first dreamed of 'This Man' in the
    winter of 2008, and 'This Man', "invited him to create
    a website to find an answer to his own appearance."
    'This Man' was later debunked and Natella admitted
    ThisMan.org was simply a marketing ploy, although
    he never revealed what it was promoting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSZp7uI9LM
    THE According to the United Nations, citizen
    journalism and journalism in general is one

    DANGERS of the world's most dangerous professions.


    Sadly, the stories reported in this line of

    OF CITIZEN
    work may lead to kidnapping, violence, and
    even death. Assassinations, widespread

    JOURNALISM
    arrests, and unrelenting harassment are
    just a few of the increased risks that
    journalists face today. The main worry is
    that the issue spreads beyond nations
    notorious for stifling free expression and
    1 Dangers to the writer persecuting independent media. Think of
    the drug lords who don't want media
    exposure as just one example of why some
    Dangers to the public individuals wish journalists were
    2
    assassinated.
    Not only is the journalist at risk, The danger lies in the effect these
    the public to can be harmed by information is capable of bringing
    citizen journalism. Because citizen to the people, especially those
    journalists are not professionally who instantly believe anything
    taught, they lack the objectivity that is labeled as "fact", even if it's
    and the journalistic ethics of a not. The harm inaccurate
    professional. This could lead to information brings will depend on
    inaccurate, biased, and subjective the data being spread, but worst
    reporting, no matter if it may be case scenario, it could ruin a
    intentional or not (MN DURU). person's life.
    CASE
    STUDY #3
    The Case of Sunil Tripathi
    Sunil Tripathi, a 22 year old Indian-American
    graduate student of Brown University who went
    missing a month prior, was accused of bombing
    the Boston Marathon on 2013. His family denied
    the allegations but the internet did not believe
    them. Sunil's family was harassed because of the
    incident and the internet continued to associate
    the young man's name with the crime. In the
    end, the FBI identified the suspects: Dzhokhzr
    and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. As for Sunil Trapathi, he
    was found dead four days after the case
    concluded.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi14dP5Rdm0
    THANK
    YOU!
    Have a
    great day
    ahead.

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