As we explained Arnaud Meunier on his blog (an appreciable quality), the term citizen journalists has occurred recently in the landscape 2.0.

Means by that name, Internet sites that provide information their eyes and their information in the form of articles, videos and sounds. Given the need to differentiate the work of professional journalists (those who have undergone training, which respect the rules of ethics, which have a press card, etc.) from the Internet without making jealousies, some heads thinkers have imagined the term "citizen journalist". This means that this designation does absolutely nothing to say and ask questions of substance on our perception of the press. [...] I am also aware that the quality of the media is not always lived up to what one would expect in terms of information, but in any case the difference is real: a journalist seeking information, check its sources, compares to provide this information as neutral as possible.

I concede that the term citizen journalists is not a better choice; however I deepen the debate to separate the amateur and professional journalists. Where is the press? What happened to the journalist profressionnel? How is it different from an amateur?

The work of journalist consciste sources to gather, sort, deepen, and synthesize them into shape. Beyond experience, the feather and ethics, so there is no difference between pro and amateur journalist. Arnaud Meunier emphasizes the need to differentiate absolutely pro amateur for reasons that are no longer relevant to my taste. At the end of the 20th century McCombs and Shaw presented on the theory of Agenda Setting insisting on the ability of media to focus public attention on certain events, some issues, but yet not dictate his opinion. The evolution of media has led to the following: the media are themselves dependent on other social actors. The sources enjoy privileged access to journalists pro. They exert a certain influence on journalists. What consitue I think the real difference between pro and amateur journalists. An amateur journalist (blogger) will not have any constraints (organizational and technical) to which journalists are subjected. I speak only for the selection of information, it might be interesting to discuss the legitimacy of fans to tackle a topic.

I support my view by a small current example. Thanks to a clever revelation about his private life, Mr Sarkozy managed to divert the attention of journalists on the visit of President Kadafi in France.

My observation is simple, I have the choice between two sources of information: a professional press (PQN etc.). And secondly the press amateur (I reduce the Blogs). I prefer to give more importance to information provided by journalists in the amateur free choice of information.

T'on will attend a mutation / evolution of the press with the birth of the concept of citizen journalism?