Burns, Alex

Contributions

• Select Issues with New Media Theories of Citizen Journalism
  Articles
  “Journalists have to begin a new type of journalism, sometimes being the guide on the side of the civic conversation as well as the filter and gatekeeper.” (Kolodzy 218) “In many respects, citizen journalism is simply public journalism removed from the journalism profession.” (Barlow 181) 1. Citizen Journalism — The...Read more
  M/C Journal Vol. 11 No. 1 (2008): vote / citizen
• Oblique Strategies for Ambient Journalism
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  Alfred Hermida recently posited ‘ambient journalism’ as a new framework for para- and professional journalists, who use social networks like Twitter for story sources, and as a news delivery platform. Beginning with this framework, this article explores the following questions: How does Hermida define ‘ambient journalism’ and what is its significance? Are there alternative definitions? What...Read more
  M/C Journal Vol. 13 No. 2 (2010): ambient
• Doubting the Global War on Terror
  Articles
        Photograph by Gonzalo Echeverria (2010)Declaring War Soon after Al Qaeda’s terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the Bush Administration described its new...Read more
  M/C Journal Vol. 14 No. 1 (2011): doubt