During Election Day, no pod-casting on political issues are allowed. Not only do they have the capability to scan and check what we are doing, but they are acting on it too. The government has gone to the cyber world too. What about the internet? It is a same thing. If we think that it is only the print media that was affected, we are wrong. We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People.
They should provide some categories in the first page where all the best articles can be posted and the voting system among the personal articles to find the best article of the week. Instead of readers to scroll through the headlines to find something that interests them. I think the most recent article posted showing up first and so on. Therefore, I personally think that STOMP is a sort of citizen journalism but it is not a ideal form of journalism. Other than that the rest of the elements are not really provided in the STOM. These are the examples of some elements that mention in STOMP. This is a kind of consumer reports that allow to consumers to write about their experiences. “ST Foodies Club” and “ST Digital Club” are the sections in the STOMP where allows the citizens to write their personal experiences and how do they view on the individual restaurants or the digital product that they bought. It is something about consumer reports and the drudge report. The second element is called “Independent news and information websites”. You shoot the videos" ("Singapore Seen", 2006). In the STOMP there are some sections such as “Star Blog” where you can make a comments on the personal blogs, and “ Singapore Seen ” where the slogan is "You generate the content. The first element, “Audience participation” which is basically about the users comments on the attached stories, personal blogs, photos or video footage captured form personal mobile camera, or local news written by residents of a community. Lasica classifies there must have some elements to prove the media as citizen journalism.1) Audience participation, 2) Independent news and information Websites 3) full-fledged participatory news sites 4) Collaborative and contributory media sites 5) other kinds of “thin media’. In a 2003 Online Journalism Review article, J. Yes it is true that with the advent of technology, the internet is not the only medium that we can get information, but also we can participate in this medium. We now, than ever before, have access to a broader variety of current information, and we can use it with increasing sophistication (Gillmore, 2004)”. (Wikipedia, 2007, citizen journalism) “With the evolution of the Internet, websites are no longer just a "read only" medium but a "read-write" medium. Citizen journalism, also known as "participatory journalism," is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information.