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Citizens' Media

Clemencia Rodríguez

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Citizens' media is a term used by communication and media scholars to refer to electronic media (i.e., → Radio, → Television, → Video) and information and communication technologies (i.e., text messaging, cellular telephony, → Internet) that are controlled and used by citizens and collectives to meet their own information and communication needs. As an academic term, citizens' media belongs to a large family of concepts that, among others, include community media, alternative media, autonomous media, participatory media, and radical media (→ Activist Media; Communication Technology and Democracy; Community Media; Participatory Communication).

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Citizens' media is a term used by communication and media scholars to refer to electronic media (i.e., → Radio, → Television, → Video) and information and communication technologies (i.e., text messaging, cellular telephony, → Internet) that are controlled and used by citizens and collectives to meet their own information and communication needs. As an academic term, citizens' media belongs to a large family of concepts that, among others, include community media, alternative media, autonomous media, participatory media, and radical media (→ Activist Media; Communication Technology and Democracy; Community Media; Participatory Communication).

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Citizens' media is a term used by communication and media scholars to refer to electronic media (i.e., → Radio, → Television, → Video) and information and communication technologies (i.e., text messaging, cellular telephony, → Internet) that are controlled and used by citizens and collectives to meet their own information and communication needs. As an academic term, citizens' media belongs to a large family of concepts that, among others, include community media, alternative media, autonomous media, participatory media, and radical media (→ Activist Media; Communication Technology and Democracy; Community Media; Participatory Communication).

Key concepts: Citizen media, Citizen journalism, Media, Media relations, The Internet, Mass communication, Digital media, Democracy

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