Questions

1) What is meant by the term ‘citizen journalist’?

Citizen journalism is playing a active role tho can be in collecting reporting analysing information from the news. 

2) What was one of the first examples of news being generated by ‘ordinary people’?

3) List some of the formats for participation that are now offered by news organisations.

Comments sections
Forums
Allowing videos and photos to be sent in
Twitter to message or send info one to one with a journalist

4) What is one of the main differences between professionally shot footage and that taken first-hand (UGC)?

5) What is a gatekeeper?

The definition of a gatekeeper is a person and the amount of control they have. For example it is when what is decided to be in the news and what is not. They have control over what can be shown and what can't to the public. 

6) How has the role of a gatekeeper changed?

7) What is one of the primary concerns held by journalists over the rise of 

Article

theguardian.com/digital-tribes/media-measurement

This new digital media story is about the advertising and how the recession has effected the way advertising yikes place now. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/10/flappy-bird-creator-takes-game-down

This article is about how the game has been taken down

2 - Another article is about Facebook and the drinking dares has caused many deaths. For example on the bbc it was shown that a male from Ireland clapsed  after drinking a mixture of different alcohol.