1. CITIZEN JOURNALISM

2. Target Vocabulary
absolute (adj) complete, perfect, undoubted, certain He ruled with absolute power. A sick person needs to have absolute trust in a doctor.

3. advertising (n) a public promotion of some product or service
ad, advert
"You can fool all the people all the time if the 
advertising is right and the budget is big enough" 
[Joseph E. Levine]
advertisement (n)

4. audience (n)
a group of viewers or listeners, esp at a public event such as a 
concert or play
The singer expanded his audience by recording popular songs as well as 
opera.

5. concept (n) an abstract or general idea, plan
We never love someone. We just love the idea we have of someone. It's a concept of ours - summing up, ourselves - that we love.
Fernando Pessoa

6. devastation (n) destruction A huge bomb blast brought devastation
to the centre of the city.
devastate (v) to destroy, to give big damage

7. editor (n)
a person who edits written material for publication She works as the sports editor for a well-known newspaper. edit (v) to prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.

8. execution (n) death penalty, capital punishment
carrying into action, performing
He was sentenced to execution by lethal injection.
execute (v) to put into effect; carry out, perform, do
to be executed (v)
executive (adj) administrative, managerial

9. found (v) establish, launch, form
YTU was founded in 1911 as a state university.

10. inaccurate (adj) mistaken or incorrect, not accurate
In recent days there has been a lot of inaccurate reporting and misinformation on social media.
inaccuracy (n)

11. inferior to (adj) lower in rank or importance poor, second-rate
His photographs were inferior to those taken by Ernie.
"No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent" [Eleanor Roosevelt]
the inferior status of women in many societies
inferiority X superiority (n)

12. racist (adj) race (n) ethnic group
racism (n) prejudice against an ethnic group
racist (adj) racially prejudiced, chauvinist
He has a hard core of support amongst white racists.

13. reject (n) The journal rejected the student's paper.
refuse,
say no to,
turn down
The journal rejected the student's paper.
My credit card was rejected by the ATM.
rejection (n)

14. research (v/n) research (n) careful study of a given subject
research (v) to study thoroughly
to carry out investigations
to do research
The students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project.

15. resign (v) to give up, leave, quit a position
He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
resignation (n)

16. solution (n) a method of dealing with a problem
answer, result, explanation
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
solve (v)

17. survivor (n) The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital.
survive (v) to remain alive
survivor (n) a person or thing that survives
survival (adj) endurance, natural selection
The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital.
survival of the fittest

18. transform (v) to change, alter, make different
The old factory has been transformed into an art gallery.
transformation (n)

19. well-trained (adj)
Having gained satisfactory training

20. Discuss:
If you want to work as a journalist for a newspaper, what skills do you need?
What does the title ‘Citizen Journalism’ mean?
Can any person be a journalist today?

21. Journal / Journalism / Journalist
journal (n)
a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations.
a newspaper, esp. a daily one.
a periodical or magazine, esp. one published for a group, learned society, or profession.
journalism (n) the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, 
photographing, or broadcasting news.
journalist (n)

22. Change in the news media
Using the telegraph (1840s)
Digital media (2000s)

23. Think about the following questions:
What kind of changes have occured in the news broadcasting throughout history? (par.1)
What procedure is followed before a news story appears in a newspaper? (par.2)

25. Samples of Collocations
to have control over stg
Today, traditional journalists no longer have this control over the news.

26. Traditional / Citizen What are the differences?……
Citizen ……

27. Who reported these news faster?
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, 2005
Tsunami in Southeast Asia, 2004

28. The Impact of Citizen Journalism
Trent Lott, senator (2002)
Dan Rather, CBS journalist (2004)

29. Problems What kind of problems does citizen journalism have? (par.6)
Why is the death of Saddam Hussein given as an example?

30. Some Collocations
to force s/o to do stg to lose money
to do business to make money
Online news sites have forced the traditional media to change the way they do business.
This has caused the traditional news media to lose money.
Traditional media make money mainly through advertising.

31. Change in doing business
How do newspapers make money? What made them change the way they do business?

32. Change in doing business

33. Suggested videos:
Social Media Citizen Journalism
Traditional Media VS Social Media
Citizen Journalists - (Examples of Citizen Journalism and User Generated Content ) by David Bowden