The following comment was made on a post in Rachel’s Blog.
I found your post quite an interesting read. Web 2.0 has definitely opened many doors for citizens, with almost anyone being able to become producer of content. Users can create, edit and distribute content.
I agree with your statement “news and information provided by online new services, television and radio seem to only provide what is deemed necessary by its journalists”. Only a particular point of view seems to be portrayed by mainstream media and certain facts seem to be emitted. However, citizen journalism overcomes this by presenting the full picture, with ordinary citizens presenting these important facts. Edmonds (2005) suggests that user-generated blogs and videos can be used as a means for supporting mainstream news. They can also be used to present background information about a report, as well as an alternative view on a story (Edmonds, 2005).
As you mentioned in your blog wikipedia is a prime example of collaboration and produsage. It is a social software tool which allows for the widespread collaboration of large communities and is available in open source, meaning that users can edit, create and extend existing information (Bruns, 2007).
Also, I would just like to mention that there is an interesting website called current.com, where ordinary citizens can upload their own news stories online. Users can rate videos and the most popular stories each day get played on television.
In summary, any user can become a content creator. Users possess the skills to lead the future of produsage and citizen journalism.
Bruns, A. 2007. Produsage: Towards a Broader Framework for User-Led Content Creation. http://produsage.org/files/Produsage%20(Creativity%20and%20Cognition%202007).pdf (accessed April 10, 2008).
Edmonds, R. 2005. As Blogs and Citizen Journalism Grow, Where's the News?. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=91391(accessed April 10, 2008).
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