Journalism must provide a public space for understanding and cooperation for the sake of the common good. Professionals, in its search for truth, should respond to this social vocation to which they are called, but the emergence of the Internet has changed the way we see and understand the media and, as a result, we are witnessing a time of many changes in the field of communication. Citizens found in cyberspace a new channel of participation in the public sphere but one might wonder to what extent is an opportunity or a threat to the media. We must ask whether in this digital age are distinct boundaries between the private and the public or where the boundary between citizen participation and the exercise of the professional. For to what really answer the notion of citizen journalism? Is this responsible for the current crisis in the sector? How articulates citizen participation? Have you replaced the notion of information quality for immediacy? Multiple issues where Communication and Man wants to reflect on this issue. |