Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives examines the spontaneous actions of ordinary people
caught up in extraordinary events who felt compelled to adopt the role of a news reporter.
This collection of twenty-one original thought-provoking chapters investigates citizen
journalism in the West including the United States United Kingdom Europe and Australia as
well as its development in a variety of other national contexts around the globe including
Brazil China India Iran Iraq Kenya Palestine South Korea Vietnam and even Antarctica.
It engages with several of the most significant topics for this important area of inquiry from
fresh challenging perspectives. Its aim is to assess the contribution of citizen journalism to
crisis reporting and to encourage new forms of dialogue and debate about how it may be
improved in future.
