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Citizen vs. Social Journalism Explained

Citizen journalists are not professionally trained but create and share important news and information through public social media platforms. Social journalists undergo professional training and are employed by news agencies, where they present news that will be curated by other professionals. The document compares citizen journalists, who report on current events through social media as amateurs, to social journalists, who receive professional training and work for news organizations to professionally report and curate news.

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Citizen vs. Social Journalism Explained

Citizen journalists are not professionally trained but create and share important news and information through public social media platforms. Social journalists undergo professional training and are employed by news agencies, where they present news that will be curated by other professionals. The document compares citizen journalists, who report on current events through social media as amateurs, to social journalists, who receive professional training and work for news organizations to professionally report and curate news.

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Activity 1

What are the similarities and differences between citizen journalist and social journalist?

Citizen Journalist Social Jounalist


- not trained journalist - takes professional studies
They both
creates
- they cover current events
information or- employed in a news
that are important news agency
-they use public platforms - present news that will be
like social media to report presented by the
informations professionals

Activity 2
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS of using social media in the following areas:

1. Relationships - You can communicate with them even they are not physically with you. It
reduces the intimacy because of too much use of social media even when you are together you
often use social media than talk personally.
2. Entertainment - You can watch funny videos or that caught your interest and have a fun time
in social media. Too much time spent in social media that you forgot to have fun time physically.
3. Learning - Social media made it easy for students and others to have a grasp of information
that they needed to learn. It harms one’s health.
4. Recognition - For every post that you share about your life some recognizes it as their
inspirations and with that you are able to help them. Negative comments that you are receiving.
5. Career Progression - with the help of social media a person's career can be developed
because social media opens information and opportunities for their careers to be known and the
information given by others that opens opportunities for jobs and employment. Some are fake
and bogus.
Activity 3
Say “PAM” if it is People as Media else “PIM” if it is People in Media

1. SHS Teacher - PIM


2. Blogger - PAM
3. Radio Anchors - PIM
4. Professor - PIM
5. Convention Speaker - PIM
6. News Reporter - PAM
7. YouTubers - PAM
8. Priests - PIM
9. Movie Directors - PIM
[Link] Leader - PAM

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