Građansko novinarstvo – šanse i izazovi za novinarsku profesiju
Citizens Journalism – Chances and Challenges for Professional Journalism

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to present the advantages and disadvantages of citizen journalism through historical evolution of this phenomenon in Serbia and throughout the world, as well as to present the challenges faced by professional journalists and to open up a space for wider public to debate about the chances and challenges brought by citizen journalism to democratic societies based on the freedom of speech. The questions about regulation, editorial responsibility and transparency of citizen journalism have been debated by many media experts who have been trying to resolve the citizens’ participation in a public profession such as journalism. Chat services, forums, blogs, newsletters, emails, video by mobile phones, social networks and citizen journalism on the internet represent a real technological and human revolution of a modern age. According to relevant literature on online content selection and interviews with professional and citizen journalists, it can be concluded that participative journalism cannot jeopardize professional journalism as long as it is treated as citizens’ participation in information gathering, exchange and distribution that is relevant to wider public.

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