Citizen Journalism in India a Case Study in Delhi

Abstract

At a time when the mainstream media is seen as diverting from its objective and newlinefocusing more on profit making motive many social stories and other vital issues relegated to newlinethe sidelines or rejected by the media which has led to a huge gap between issues reported and newlineneglected. With an aim to bridge this gap a new concept and trend of citizen participatory newlinejournalism has slowly but steadily emerged across the globe, popularly known as Citizen newlineJournalism - an act of citizens playing a role in the process of collecting, reporting and newlinedisseminating news and information with the help of traditional media or independently via newlinesocial media newline