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Abstract
The CGNET Swara (India) and Mobile Voices (United States) demonstrate that dedicated citizen journalism outlets can effectively combine journalism and activism to mobilize communities for positive social impact. Few studies have compared citizen journalism effects in the area of mobilization across countries, in multi-cultural settings, especially in the developed and developing world. This paper compares and contrasts conceptual frames employed and approaches pursued in fundamentally different settings to examine how citizen media works for progressive change.
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Paromita Pain
Paromita Pain is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Journalism at The University of Texas At Austin. Address: Belo Center for New Media, Moody College of Communication, 300 W Dean Keeton St Austin, TX 78712, USA.