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JOURNALISM & society , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations & society , *USER-generated content , *SOCIAL media , *TELEVISION broadcasting of news , *CITIZEN journalism , *NEWS gathering - Abstract
The article considers the impact on journalism and mass media of technological innovations related to the Internet such as Internet videos and social media. The increasing use by journalism organizations such as television news broadcasters of user-generated content from social media, especially Internet videos, in their own reporting is discussed. The television network Al Jazeera and its coverage of revolutions in 2011 in Arab countries is used as an example.
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- 2011