Citizen journalism in hindi

Citizen journalism is on the rise in India.
Through the lens of the intermedia agenda setting theory, content analysis and qualitative interviews, this study looks at how one citizen led media outlet, CGNET Swara, works to influence the agendas of India’s largest print media organisation, The Times of India.

In the process, citizen journalists bring alternative perspectives to the traditionally centralised mainstream media system with their firsthand audio, video and written accounts, grassroots analyses of socio-political protests, environmental concerns, human rights abuses, political corruption and so on.

Researchers interested in the emergence of citizen journalism in China frequently highlight one of its earliest formative instances, namely the spontaneous reportage of local people in the immediate aftermath of the 12 May 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, which claimed approximately 70,000 lives.

One of leading daily English newspapers of the valley, Greater Kashmir, has taken a step forward to encourage citizen journalism in Kashmir by giving space to write-ups and photographs sent by citizen journalists that are mostly published on city page of the newspaper

Citizen journalism is on the rise in the Indian sub-continent

While the country’s vibrant media scenes sees the entrance of new corporate created news magazines and television channels regularly, citizen journalism outlets are also coming into their own as individual news outlets serving specific areas and communities