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Citizen Journalism and Crisis Management: Nigeria and South Africa

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Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

Synonyms

Citizen journalism; Complimentary journalism; Crisis management; Pseudo journalism; Xenophobia

Definitions

Unedited content: A news story which has not passed through any checkpoint for editing but disseminated for consumption.

Fake news: Disseminated information which has been falsified or doctored to serve an interest.

Crisis management: The reporting of social issues by citizen journalists in such a way that heightens tension among the masses.

Complimentary journalism: A kind of journalism done by ordinary citizens that performs functional and dysfunctional roles alongside professional journalism.

Introduction

All over the world, citizen journalism and fake news are inseparable. Citizen journalism refers to “a citizen playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information.” This is the practice of journalism by people who have no journalistic experience. Being the news of the people by the people and for the people,...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mass Communication, Evangel University Akaeze, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

    Raphael Abumchukwu Ekwunife, Ojiaku Kalu & Victory Eguavoen

  2. Department of Political Science, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

    Ikechukwu Ukeje

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  1. Raphael Abumchukwu Ekwunife
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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Ekwunife, R.A., Kalu, O., Ukeje, I., Eguavoen, V. (2020). Citizen Journalism and Crisis Management: Nigeria and South Africa. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4119-1

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