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Definition of citizen journalism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

citizen journalism

noun
 
/ˌsɪtɪzn ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
 
/ˌsɪtɪzn ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. reports and pictures of events recorded by ordinary people and shown especially on the internet
    • citizen journalism websites
    • Distrust of the news media led to the rise of citizen journalism.
    • The media used citizen journalism including photos from phones and eyewitness accounts in covering the tsunami.
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
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