Social Media: Enlarging the Space for User-Generated Community Journalism

Abstract

Social media have to a large extent competed with the traditional media in terms audience size. Social media have enjoyed a large following because of interactivity and utility in bringing about User-Generated community journalism. Social media have also brought about re-definition of news and news determinants as well as enhanced democratization of communication. For the traditional mass media to remain effective or relevant to their audience, social media and their contents should be incorporated into their channels. By so doing, contents of the mass media would go a long way to reflect the interest of the community or their audience members.

Keywords: Social media, enlarging the space, use-generated community journalism.