Examining the Features, Policies, and Resources of Citizen Journalism: Citizen News Sites and Blogs

Stephen R. Lacy, Daniel Riffe, Esther Thorson, and Margaret Duffy WJMCR 15 (June 2009) Introduction|Background|Method|Results|Conclusion Abstract This study used content analysis to explore the policies, citizen participation features, and means of financial support for sixty-four citizen journalism sites�both news sites and blogs�in 15 randomly selected U.S. cities. Community size was related to number of sites in […]