1. Citizen journalists are members of the public who post news or media content by user generated content.
2. One of the first examples UGC was in 1991 when police were recorded beating up a black man.
3. News organisations now allow audience to participate through voting surveys, message boards and chat rooms.
4. The differences between professionally shot footage and UGC is that professionaaly shot footage has better quality image.however UGC is filmed on the spot with poor quality image with unexpected footage.
5. A gatekeeper is someone who controls what worth being broadcasted on the news and what is not.
6. In the present day the role of a Gate keeper has changed.they now focus on the content of new that is on the web.
7. More people making their own news content means that there is less need for professional journalists, this means that people are taking the roles and jobsof professional journalists which puts the journalists jobs in danger as there might not be no need for them in the future.
