اتجاهات الصحفيين اليمنيين في الاعتماد على صحافة المواطن كمصدر للحصول على المعلومات : دراسة ميدانية

الملخص EN

The study dealt with the trends of Yemeni journalists in relying on citizen journalism as a source for obtaining information.

A total respondent of (71) were journalists who are working in various mass media mediums.

Moreover, this study uses the descriptive survey method.

The findings of this study indicated that the number of male's journalists in the study sample higher than the number of females journalists.

Another finding is that the motives for the dependence of journalists (the study sample) on citizen journalism as a source of information varied.

This study also shows that Journalists’ attitudes towards citizen journalism are varied, and in the cognitive effects, one of the important findings was that citizen journalism has become an important source for Yemeni journalists in conveying local daily events and issues to a large extent.

Eventually, this study indicated that the behavior of the respondents toward citizen journalism have been impacted with the percentage of (39.4%) in term of sharing information on their personal pages in social media platforms.