At The Average Person's Fingertips
The resources needed to produce media content can usually be adequately acquired by the average citizen. Assistant Professor Mary Angela Bock observes that technologies such as video production and editing, which once cost “the equivalent of a middle-class home,” are now far more affordable and user-friendly (639). Zuckerman agrees, crediting the low cost of consumer electronics with the plethora of content produced by citizen journalists during the Iranian protests (67). Also, publishing content is simple in the digital age; free social media networks like Facebook and Twitter can instantly connect users to mass audiences, and free websites like Blogger, Wordpress and, of course, Weebly offer topnotch blog-publishing tools.
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