Magda Abu-Fadil writes in the Huffingtonpost: Citizen journalism is the fifth estate and media censorship is an
exercise in futility, experts said this week at Dubai’s 9th Arab Media Forum despite objections from traditionalists resisting the inevitable.
“Citizen journalism is a popular coup d’etat against traditional journalism,” said media professor Ali Al Karni of King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. “Citizen journalism and social media have become the fifth estate in the 21st Century.”
Al Karni zapped co-panelist Egyptian editor Anwar Al Hawari who earlier claimed citizen journalism had died, triggering a slew of comments on how traditionalists like him were history and had a superficial understanding of “new media.”
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