RESEARCH

Research into Citizen Media

Find here emerging qualitative and quantitative research into citizen media ventures.

Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News?

A Ford Foundation funded study of citizen media sites in the United States. In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 founders of and contributors to citizen media sites, and hundreds of site contributors were invited to take part in an online survey.

Frontiers of Innovation in Community Engagement

The Center for Citizen Media created this report on how traditional news organizations are encouraging audience involvement. The report was written by Lisa Williams, founder of H2otown.info and Placeblogger.com, with Center for Citizen Media Director Dan Gillmor and journalist Jane Mackay.

Hartsville Today: The first year of a small-town citizen-journalism site

Journalism's future may well be in the hands of your readers already, in their cell phones, their iPods, their digital and video cameras. We have become a world of content creators, and if you don't find a way to engage them in your product, they may well establish their own.