Emily Bell Article

1) Citizen journalism is the fourth estate by the audience, expressing their opinions, views and findings, from eye witness accounts, and bystanders involved in an issue. Media consumers are making themselves heard by posting blog entries, so it is not only the owners of the broadcasting industry that are getting the chance to get their views out there, with the possibility of the 'ordinary people' having views and opinions accessible with the Internet. With the accessibility of digital handheld devices, images and videos on mobile phones make it easier to understand the event, and prove that what they're saying is correct. However, the problem with the blogging, and sending of images and video clips across the world, the poor quality compared to the flair of the writing of journalists and the collection of information in newspapers, it keeps the newspapers intact with their sales.

2) Emily Bell presents a range of ideas in her article. Firstly, she states that citizen journalism is of less quality, and is not checked by editors, so there is no actual proof that what they are saying is all true. Exaggeration, bias and false accounts may account for incorrect information. Furthermore, she writes that 9/11 was really the start for the blogging craze, people wanting to share their thoughts and what actually happened during the terrorist attacks. She also makes the point that if a similar event were to happen this present day, he outcome of the coverage would be completely different; the still images, video clips shot from mobile phones, and the widespread blogging would be many times more than what happened at 9/11.

3) The Googlezon video really showed the power of the Internet increasing, with the big names in the industry merging and buying other products, and the huge power of the company if Google and Amazon did a merger of the two companies. It also showed me that the possibilities are almost endless, the virtual world would be nearly impossible not to keep growing, and that in the future, only a handful of companies could end up ruling cyberspace.