Embedding content from Syrian citizen journalists: The rise of the collaborative news clip

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Authors and Corporations: Wall, Melissa, Zahed, Sahar El
In: Journalism, 16, 2015, 2, p. 163-180
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SAGE Publications
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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Physical Description: 163-180
ISSN: 1464-8849
1741-3001
DOI: 10.1177/1464884914529213
published in: Journalism
Language: English
Subjects:
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Communication
Collection: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> The ways the New York Times has incorporated citizen videos from the Syrian conflict into its live blog, The Lede, is explored in this article. The analysis reveals the creation of a new journalistic element – the Collaborative News Clip – in which ordinary people are now producing immersive, emotional, multidimensional self-created videos that news outlets cooperatively incorporate into online content. The Collaborative News Clip is created through joint framing and shared gatekeeping by a tier of citizen-activists working with a professional news organization. </jats:p>