We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Institutional Citizen Journalist and Their Challenges in Malaysia.
- Authors
Balaraman, Rani Ann; Mukhiar, Sharifah Nadiah Syed; Saleh, Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad; Arokiasamy, Lawrence
- Abstract
Purpose: This study looks into the problems faced by institutional citizen journalists in Malaysia and how these problems are addressed. Design/methodology/approach: This study was conducted by interviewing 10 citizen journalists who have been actively contributing news in CJ.MY page. Findings: Institutional citizen journalists in Malaysia who reports honest and transparent news in three mediums; audio, video and writing in the portal play a very important role as journalist and should continue to voice out and at the same time encourage the people out there to speak up. Despite the problems faced by these journalists, they continue to struggle solely because they feel that they are volunteering to contribute to the society and to the development of Malaysia. Research limitations/implications: This study only focuses on online institutional citizen journalism in Malaysia as citizen journalism is seen to be very comfortable to grow online. Practical implications: This study significant credence is to provide practical information about and valuable recommendation in the development of institutional citizen journalists in Malaysia. Originality/value: This study is one of the first to introduce the importance and significant of addressing the problems faced by institutional citizen journalists in Malaysia and how these problems are addressed.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; CITIZEN journalism; JOURNALISTS; CITIZENS; PRESS
- Publication
Global Business & Management Research, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1, p516
- ISSN
1947-5667
- Publication type
Article