In my research I've been reading about this interesting style of journalism called "citizen journalism". The basic tenet of this journalism is to include the voice of citizens in mainstream media, through publication of citizen-authored articles and citizen driven agenda's.
However I've found that often citizen journalism relies upon the existence of ‘mainstream’ and professional journalism in order for it to make sense. I.e. there is no such thing as 'alternate' or citizen media, if there is no mainstream or professional journalism against which to define it.
Is is then appropriate to compare this to SL? Can SL's media industry be characterised as citizen journalism? Is there a ‘mass media’ or dominant media which presents the institutional view? Or does the SL media only present a citizen perspective? Are SL residents even citizens?
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You should also read up on the concept of "community journalism" which is a narrative from the perspective of only one community, and you find a lot of that in SL.
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