Citizen journalism has proved it is viable and deserves to be taken seriously. Not that issues of trust and accountability have disappeared, but there is every reason to keep experimenting. Writes Rory O’Connor in OhourNews:

In the wake of such recent citizen-mediated news events as the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the London train bombings, Senator George Allen’s political suicide, the Virginia Tech massacre, et al, the real question is why anyone would still wonder about the possibility, much less the efficacy, of so-called ‘citizen journalism.’

Other Posts Categorized as New Media Theory:

• Henry Jenkins on Two Approaches to Participatory Culture: Prohibitionists and Collaborationists - July 25th, 2006
• What is New Media? - July 24th, 2006
• The People Formerly Known as the Audience - July 24th, 2006
• Transmodiology - July 11th, 2006
• Concrete Poetry - A World View - June 29th, 2006
• Who Reads Hypermediated Tales? Children. - March 7th, 2006