Abstract:
The coming of citizen journalism has had tremendous impact on the field of journalism. It has, for instance, effectively removed publication of news from the stranglehold of few powerful media moguls and gave it to any literate adult armed with a gadget as simple as a cell-phone. All the hitherto unreported areas and issues in the western-dominated media are given expression by citizen journalists. In doing all these however, there have been abuses chief among them being absence of journalistic ethics and professionalism in news management and writing. This has often led to embarrassing gaffes and worrisome developments. This study appraises the entire conflicting and somehow, confusing scenario and makes recommendations.
