Essay Archives - The Unshackled https://www.theunshackled.net/tag/essay/ Breaking the chains of control Sun, 10 May 2020 21:57:00 +0000 en hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.theunshackled.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Logo-sq.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Essay Archives - The Unshackled https://www.theunshackled.net/tag/essay/ 32 32 116939421 Should the Mainstream Media Be Threatened by Citizen Journalism? https://www.theunshackled.net/recourse/should-msm-treat-citizen-journalism-as-a-threat/ https://www.theunshackled.net/recourse/should-msm-treat-citizen-journalism-as-a-threat/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:33:21 +0000 https://www.theunshackled.net/?p=28956 Citizen Journalism (CJ) is a term that inspires both sneering derision by media elites who seek to maintain their authority and status on one hand – and romantic ideas of rebels fighting the power in an information guerrilla war on the other. What is CJ? Where does it fit within the media landscape? Should the Mainstream Media (MSM) treat citizen journalism as a threat? Will the proliferation of User Generated Content and accessibility of the internet as a method of information dissemination spell the end for Professional Journalism (PJ) and the traditional/mainstream media?

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]]> https://www.theunshackled.net/recourse/should-msm-treat-citizen-journalism-as-a-threat/feed/ 0 28956 On Melbourne’s Toxic Political Climate, The Horseshoe Theory and Rules for Radicals /// Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? https://www.theunshackled.net/activism/on-melbournes-toxic-political-climate-the-horseshoe-theory-and-rules-for-radicals-why-cant-we-all-just-get-along/ https://www.theunshackled.net/activism/on-melbournes-toxic-political-climate-the-horseshoe-theory-and-rules-for-radicals-why-cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:11:55 +0000 http://www.theunshackled.net/?p=10786   Sunday the 24th of June 2018 there was an Australian pride flag march hosted...

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