Citizen Journalism: Technological and Digital Challenges

This paper identifies the phenomenon of data journalism and its role in providing readers with relevant news and analytical insights. This study highlights that with the profound changes that have occurred in information technology, journalists who deal with data need a working knowledge of mathematics and statistics while also having the capability to perform simple statistical analyses and support their reports with animated graphs, interactive maps, and infographics. Additionally, the capability to create apps based on data from large databases can also prove advantageous to journalists.

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  1. Ahlia University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Abdulsadek Hassan
  2. Jeddah College of Engineering, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah, 21448, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Khouj
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  1. College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University, Manama, Bahrain Allam Hamdan
  2. Department of Business Studies, Box Hill College Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait Arezou Harraf
  3. Ahlia University, Arad, Bahrain Amina Buallay
  4. University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Pallvi Arora
  5. Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA Hala Alsabatin

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Hassan, A., Khouj, M. (2023). Citizen Journalism: Technological and Digital Challenges. In: Hamdan, A., Harraf, A., Buallay, A., Arora, P., Alsabatin, H. (eds) From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 470. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28314-7_35

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