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Stephen: Hello, I'm Stephen.

Rob: And I'm Rob.

Stephen: And this is 6 Minute English! This week we’re talking about citizen

journalism¹.

Rob: Citizen journalism – that’s when people who aren’t trained journalists write or

report about their experiences or use social media, like Facebook or Twitter, to

broadcast their messages.

Stephen: Over the last few weeks, media companies have published a large number of

videos, photos, phone calls and blogs from citizen journalists in countries

where protests² have been taking place, and there aren’t many – or any -

traditional journalists. But as usual, I’m going to start with a question for you,

Rob.

Rob: OK, I’m ready.

Stephen: Which of these six countries, according to figures from internet world stats, has

the largest percentage of people using the internet?

Rob: The largest percentage of people who use the internet. OK. Have got you any

clues? 

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Stephen: Well, your six countries are South Korea, Japan, the US, the UK, India or

China.

Rob: Hmm…let me think. I would say South Korea.

Stephen: Well, I won’t tell you the answer just yet. We can find out at the end of the

programme. So let’s talk about citizen journalism. Could citizen journalists

ever replace traditional journalists? Peter Barron, the Director of External³

Relations at Google, says there has been a massive⁴ democratisation in access

to information.

 

Rob: A massive democratisation – that's when people all over the world can access

information on the internet, and use the same tools to publish information

themselves.

Insert 1: Peter Barron, Director of External Relations, Google

The point here is that there has been a massive democratisation in access to information

and the ability to publish information – so everybody these days can be a publisher.

What you’ve seen time and time again, is that the very high quality material rises to the

top and becomes a trusted brand, alongside⁵ the trusted brands that already exist.

Stephen: Peter Barron from Google believes that the best quality blogs will become as

trusted as media companies - media brands - which already have a good

reputation.

Rob: Very high quality material rises to the top – the best blogs will become as

popular as traditional broadcasters or newspapers. 

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Stephen: Alan Rusbridger is the editor of the Guardian⁶ newspaper in the UK. He says

that traditional journalists will always be needed to make sense of large

amounts of information, something which citizen journalists might not be able

to do. He uses the example of Wikileaks.

Insert 1: Alan Rusbridger, Editor, The Guardian

The case of Wikilieaks was an excellent one; 300 million words would have been

completely meaningless if it had been dumped⁷ on the internet, as well as being

completely unsafe. It took months of Guardian, New York Times, Der Spiegel

journalists going through and finding⁸ the stories, redacting them and making sense of

them. So the journalist still has a valuable role as mediator⁹, analyser and finder and

verifier¹⁰ of stories.

Stephen: Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian newspaper, who gives the example of

Wikileaks, where he says 300 million words, dumped on the internet, would

have been completely meaningless if journalists hadn’t been able to go

through them.

Rob: To go through them – finding stories and checking them. He says the journalist

has a valuable role as mediator, analyser, finder and verifier of stories.

Stephen: Journalists need to check stories – to verify¹¹ them, to check they are safe to

publish and that they are true. Anne McElvoy from the Economist¹² magazine

says that citizen journalism hasn’t really been tested yet. It’s a very valuable

source when the story is on the street, but not when we, the readers, listeners or

viewers, aren’t sure which side we should be on.

Rob: Whose side we should be on - who we support. When it is clear whose side

we should be on, citizen journalists are very valuable, but when we don’t 

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really know what’s going on, we need the traditional skills of journalists to

analyse material to help us understand. She says ‘we rely on the trade’ -

meaning the trade of the traditional journalist.

Insert 3: Anne McElvoy

Citizen journalism hasn’t really been tested yet; we’re writing a lot about it and

reflecting on it. But really, what we’ve seen is it being very active and also being a very

valuable source, I should say, but in situations where we kind of know, generally, which

side we are on. We know that the story is on the street. I think citizen journalism will

have a much tougher time when we have situations - which will arise - when we’re really

not sure which side should have the upper hand, or, indeed, what’s really going on. And

that’s an area where I think you do rely a bit on the old trade to have analysis skills and

to help you out there.

Stephen: Anne McElvoy talking about citizen journalists. So, before we go today, Rob –

which of those six countries did you guess has the highest internet penetration¹³?

That’s the highest percentage of population who are online.

Rob: OK. Well, I said South Korea. Am I right?

 

Stephen: Actually it’s the UK – followed by South Korea, then Germany, Japan, the US,

China and finally India.

Rob: Well I never!

Stephen: And a chance to hear some of the words and phrases we heard in the

programme today. Would you mind, Rob?

Rob: OK, we heard:

 citizen journalism

trained 

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social media

democratisation

 

to publish

media brands

 

to go through them

verify

hasn’t really been tested yet

valuable source

Stephen: Thanks for that, Rob.

Rob: You’re welcome.

Stephen: Well, that’s all we have time for today - we’ll have more "6 Minute English"

next time.

Rob: Bye for now!

 

Stephen: Bye

1 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

2 protests   

n.[体]抗议；抗议，反对( protest的名词复数 )v.声明( protest的第三人称单数 )；坚决地表示；申辩

参考例句：

• The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. 抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。
• Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。

3 external   

adj.外部的，外面的，外来的；与外国有关的

参考例句：

• External causes become operative through internal causes.外因通过内因而起作用。
• The external features of the building are very attractive.这座建筑物的外观是很吸引人的。

4 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

5 alongside   

adv.在旁边；prep.和...在一起，在...旁边

参考例句：

• There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.剧院旁边有一家肉店。
• Alongside of him stood his uncle.他的身旁站着他叔叔。

6 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

7 dumped   

adj.废弃的v.倾倒( dump的过去式和过去分词 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放

参考例句：

• Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。
• They dumped his belongings unceremoniously on the floor. 他们粗暴地把他的物品摔到地板上。

8 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

9 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

10 verifier   

n.证实者，核验者，证明者

参考例句：

• Is there a verifier anywhere near here? Let's go test it together. 那附近有验钞机吗？我们一起去验。 来自互联网
• A new designated verifier proxy signature scheme with message recovery was proposed. 提出了一种具有消息恢复的指定验证者的代理签名方案。 来自互联网

11 verify   

vt.核实，查对；证明，证实

参考例句：

• Men were sent out to verify whether it was true. 几个人被派去查清事实。
• We will verify this with a copy of payment schedule.我们将按付款程序的副本进行核实。

12 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

13 penetration   

n.穿透，穿人，渗透

参考例句：

• He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
• Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。