American International Journal of Social Science

WHO IS A JOURNALIST, WHEN ANYONE CAN PUBLISH?
Dr. Niki Menelaou AF-EMAB

Abstract
The paper examines the positive and negative effects of the change that is associated with new media trends like online publishing and the issue of the confusion about who is a journalist since anyone can publish today with the new media allowing everyone to be a source of news. It also focuses on how internet organizing allows thousands of individual efforts, however small, to be rapidly combined into a powerful collective forces. Subsequently the importance of digital literacy education is highlighted and the hypothesis whether it strengthens the bridge between new media activity and civic and political engagement is looked into. The near future of online journalism and the social media is also examined and comments are made on the expectation that vast numbers of new users will appear, bringing about with an immediate rise in opportunities for users to learn.

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