This study aims at discussing the attitudes of academic staff in Jordanian universities to citizen journalism and its role as a source of information. The study uses the survey methodology. Jordan University and Petra University were chosen as samples representing the universities. A total number of 300 questionnaires were distributed, 209 questionnaires were filled constituting the actual samp…
This study aimed at identifying the role of layman journalism as a source of information from the Jordanian journalists perspective, and to find out the main reasons for the emergence of the layman journalism, and the professional, ethical standerds. The study used the survey method with a sample of (200) Jordanian journalists who are working in daily Jordanian newspapers (ALRai, Addoustur, Al-…