www.ssoar.info Citizen journalism and public participation in the era of new media in Indonesia: from street to tweet Ritonga, Rajab; Syahputra, Iswandi Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Ritonga, R., & Syahputra, I. (2019). Citizen journalism and public participation in the era of new media in Indonesia: from street to tweet. Media and Communication, 7(3), 79-90. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i3.2094 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer CC BY Lizenz (Namensnennung) zur This document is made available under a CC BY Licence Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden (Attribution). For more Information see: Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183–2439) 2019, Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 79–90 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v7i3.2094 Article Citizen Journalism and Public Participation in the Era of New Media in Indonesia: From Street to Tweet Rajab Ritonga 1,* and Iswandi Syahputra 2 1 Faculty of Communication, Universitas Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama), 10270 Jakarta, Indonesia; E-Mail:
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[email protected] * Corresponding author Submitted: 16 March 2019 | Accepted: 12 June 2019 | Published: 6 August 2019 Abstract Citizen journalism was initially practiced via mass media. This is because citizens trusted mass media as an independent information channel, and social media like Twitter was unavailable.