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Dear all, I'm an International Communication & Media graduate student in The Netherlands and currently researching the role of classical journalism in the fast digital technology development. Please help me by sharing your opinion on this debate statement. It is very much appreciated!
Statement: Rising user-generated news content by amateurs endangers the professional role of journalism.
In our current fast pacing development of digital technologies, user-generated content becomes more and more common through the use of mobile devices, social media platforms and social networking sites. The amateur contributor is not paid for this type of contribution and the content is most often published on a social media website. For most news organizations around the world this represents a challenge as well as an opportunity in the rise of this ‘citizen journalism’.
In citizen journalism, public citizens are active in the process of collecting, reporting and analyzing news and information. Citizen journalism should not be confused with ‘community journalism’ or ‘civic journalism’, which are both practiced by professionals. Due to the increasing technology, citizen often have the chance to report on breaking news faster than traditional media reporters.
Do you think this user-generated news content is threatening the professional journalists? Is amateurism winning over professionalism?
Statement: Rising user-generated news content by amateurs endangers the professional role of journalism.
My statement:
Creating and implementing a virtual community is the best strategy when trying to generate year-round attention and promotion for an annual (TED) event.
Hi everyone, I’m a 4th year student of International Communication & Media in The Netherlands and will hopefully graduate this July. For my thesis I’m researching the possibilities to create year-round attention and promotion for one of the Dutch TED events (www.tedxbinnenhof.com). I would like to start an online debate, and receive some professional insights and opinions.
TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. At a TED conference, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. TEDxBinnenhof will be held on March 31, 2014 with the theme: "Global Challenges | Dutch Solutions". TEDxBinnenhof wants to show the world that even though The Netherlands might be a small country, the Dutch have a lot to offer when it comes to world innovation. The problem is that the attention around the event usually takes place 2 months before and 1 month after the event.