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| Banning iReporters was not a common practice until after the November 4th 2008 election. The political opinion pieces submitted to iReport demonstrated a great divide between those who were Hillary Clinton supporters, Barack Obama supporters, and Republicans. During the election, iReport became the dumping ground for political opinion pieces of the strongest wording, name-calling, and labels. | Banning iReporters was not a common practice until after the November 4th 2008 election. The political opinion pieces submitted to iReport demonstrated a great divide between those who were Hillary Clinton supporters, Barack Obama supporters, and Republicans. During the election, iReport became the dumping ground for political opinion pieces of the strongest wording, name-calling, and labels. | ||
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Following the election, trolling attacks on iReport members by iReport members was moderating through the use of banning of ireporters on almost a weekly basis. | ||
| Starting in March 2009, several groups of ireporters, a conservative group and a liberal group began blogging from wordpress. | |||
| In March 2009, a group of banned PUMA members, Republicans and those identifying themselves as Conservatives, began blogging from wordpress, showing their contempt for CNN and iReporters who they disagree with by denigrating their handles. The use of similiar avatars and actual photos of ireporters are also posted on that wordpress blog, along with humiliating comments and threats of provoking iReporters to lead to their banning.<ref>http://votingfemale.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/</ref> | |||
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| New users to iReport are often accused by the disgruntled group on the wordpress blog of being returning banned users under other handles, and they are subsequently banned on what the blog’s owner claims is due to influence to persuade the iReport Community Manager. | |||
| Bickering continues but due to wordpress moderation tools for each individual blogger, the two groups are free of unwanted trolling on their wordpress blogs unlike the case at ireport. | |||
| CNN allows iReporters as young as 13 years old. | |||
| New users who post political ireports or comments at iReport are often accused by former ireporters of both groups now clustering at wordpress of being returning banned users under new handles and when ireport moderation determines a banned user is back under a new identity they are subsequently banned by the iReport Community Manager as a returning "Flatliner". | |||
| ⚫ | The disgruntled group that now blogs on wordpress |
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| "Flatliner" is a euphemistic term for a banned ireporter derived from ireport.com's displaying a banned ireporter's username with a flat line drawn through it wherever a comment or ireport appears authored by the "flatliner." Some dislike the term "flatliner" and try to characterize it as something it is not and have made frivilous and false accusations with regards to the term "flatliner." | |||
| David Williams, iReport Community Manager, and Johnita P. Due, Assistant General Counsel for CNN, relinquish all accountability for protecting ireporters from this new brand of cyberbullying, cyberharassment and cyberstalking that carries over to iReport from the disgruntled group now blogging on wordpress. | |||
| ⚫ | The disgruntled liberal group that now blogs on wordpress failed to prevent Conservatives, Republicans and members of PUMA from contributing to iReport. They trolled the comment logs and openly posted the handles of iReporters that they seek to silence and refer to those iReporters in terms that convey their comtempt. In response, this practice was returned in kind in some cases. | ||
| While CNN uses banning as its only form of control to stop cyberbullying, cyperstalking and cyberharassment, it does nothing to prevent it, and the damage done by the disgruntled group continues from their wordpress blog, in addition to their re-entry to iReport under other handles. | |||
| David Williams, iReport Community Manager, and Johnita P. Due, Assistant General Counsel for CNN, are doing a good job of keeping ireporters out of ireport who were previously was banned for conduct in violation of the terms of use. | |||
| ⚫ | CNN invites the public to contribute news and comments to their assignments on iReport. However, those doing so |
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| CNN use of banning is quite effective in bringing disallowed behaviors under control at ireport. | |||
| CNN has thus far refused to intervene neither advocate for their iReporters by having wordpress investigate and apply their Terms of Service so that iReporters are safe from slander and humiliation on other internet sites. As well, iReporters would need to feel secure that they will not be banned based on frivolous allegations. | |||
| ⚫ | CNN invites the public to contribute news and comments to their assignments on iReport. However, those doing so need to be aware that this is the internet thus if they make their their photo, real name, city, state and other personal information public, they risk troll attacks by anyone. A Google search for the handle of an iReporter subjected to banned behavior often returns the humiliating, slanderous comments if they draw attention of people who disagree or dislike what is ireported or commented. | ||
| <ref>http://votingfemale.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/</ref>http://votingfemale.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/obama-destruction-of-the-dollar-it-is-deliberate/ | |||
| CNN corrected an ongoing problem of ireport flatliners creating and using new accounts by the institution of new moderation tools which ensure that when a ireport user is banned, they stay banned. | |||
| Currently, iReporters are now much safer from the bad behavior of a few who would not abide the terms of use and are now gone for good from ireport. | |||
| == New York Times Buzzword == | == New York Times Buzzword == | ||
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This article is about CNN's public journalism. For JasperReports, see IReport (disambiguation).I-Report (also iReport) is CNN's public journalism initiative that allows people from around the globe to contribute pictures and video of breaking news stories from their own towns and neighborhood. It takes a page from Wikinews and similar initiatives in that it allows, and encourages, regular citizens to submit stories, photos and videos from anywhere where there is breaking news. The program was launched on August 2, 2006 to take advantage of the newsgathering capabilities of citizens at the scene of notable events. I-Report grew out of another related program: CNN's Fan Zone, which allowed viewers to contribute pictures and video from the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Two events in particular highlighted the necessity of showcasing viewer-submitted content during news shows. The tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 7/7 bombings in London gave citizen journalists at the scene the opportunity to report on the events as they experienced them. Pictures from both were difficult to obtain in the moments after each tragedy. Broadcast news outlets, depending on agency or bureau video, were fortunate to receive submissions from people on the scene. Developing this format became a necessity for cable and network news shows.
The success of iReport has led to, for instance, the 2007 New Year's Eve coverage featuring iParty in which viewers' photos of their celebrations were shown on television.
Notable Events
Although I-Report proved popular from its inception, one event in particular catapulted such citizen journalism onto the international stage. On April 16, 2007, video submitted by graduate student Jamal Albarghouti captured the sounds of gunfire during the Virginia Tech massacre. CNN paid Albarghouti an undisclosed amount for the exclusive rights to the video he shot on his Nokia N70. The immediacy of the pictures demonstrated the potential for such content.
Then on August 1, 2007, one day before the first anniversary of the program, the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, again dramatized the potential for this content. Many of the earliest pictures and eyewitness accounts were submitted by I-Report.
iReport.com
In January 2008 CNN acquired Ireport.com and I-report.com for $750,000. A beta version of the site launched on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. The site, which had its complete launch in March 2008, allows users to submit media and have it instantly appear on the site. CNN Producers will then go through the online submission and select reports for possible airing on the CNN television networks, CNN.com and other CNN platforms. The site also allows i-Reporters to contact each other. The site functions similar to YouTube and popular social networking sites.
iReport has Terms of Service that are liberally construed to ban users. Email notification is sent to banned ireporters, absent any reason for banning, and sent from a non-reply email address. Pages of submitted material on iReport have names crossed out, and what was once an avatar, shows as a blue shadow-type figure for banned iReporters.
Banning iReporters was not a common practice until after the November 4th 2008 election. The political opinion pieces submitted to iReport demonstrated a great divide between those who were Hillary Clinton supporters, Barack Obama supporters, and Republicans. During the election, iReport became the dumping ground for political opinion pieces of the strongest wording, name-calling, and labels.
Following the election, trolling attacks on iReport members by iReport members was moderating through the use of banning of ireporters on almost a weekly basis.
Starting in March 2009, several groups of ireporters, a conservative group and a liberal group began blogging from wordpress.
Bickering continues but due to wordpress moderation tools for each individual blogger, the two groups are free of unwanted trolling on their wordpress blogs unlike the case at ireport.
New users who post political ireports or comments at iReport are often accused by former ireporters of both groups now clustering at wordpress of being returning banned users under new handles and when ireport moderation determines a banned user is back under a new identity they are subsequently banned by the iReport Community Manager as a returning "Flatliner".
"Flatliner" is a euphemistic term for a banned ireporter derived from ireport.com's displaying a banned ireporter's username with a flat line drawn through it wherever a comment or ireport appears authored by the "flatliner." Some dislike the term "flatliner" and try to characterize it as something it is not and have made frivilous and false accusations with regards to the term "flatliner."
The disgruntled liberal group that now blogs on wordpress failed to prevent Conservatives, Republicans and members of PUMA from contributing to iReport. They trolled the comment logs and openly posted the handles of iReporters that they seek to silence and refer to those iReporters in terms that convey their comtempt. In response, this practice was returned in kind in some cases.
David Williams, iReport Community Manager, and Johnita P. Due, Assistant General Counsel for CNN, are doing a good job of keeping ireporters out of ireport who were previously was banned for conduct in violation of the terms of use.
CNN use of banning is quite effective in bringing disallowed behaviors under control at ireport.
CNN invites the public to contribute news and comments to their assignments on iReport. However, those doing so need to be aware that this is the internet thus if they make their their photo, real name, city, state and other personal information public, they risk troll attacks by anyone. A Google search for the handle of an iReporter subjected to banned behavior often returns the humiliating, slanderous comments if they draw attention of people who disagree or dislike what is ireported or commented.
CNN corrected an ongoing problem of ireport flatliners creating and using new accounts by the institution of new moderation tools which ensure that when a ireport user is banned, they stay banned.
Currently, iReporters are now much safer from the bad behavior of a few who would not abide the terms of use and are now gone for good from ireport.
New York Times Buzzword
The New York Times described the word "I-Reporter" as one of 2007's buzzwords: a word which endured long enough to find a place in the national conversation.
Competitors
The popularity of CNN's I-Report program has inspired a number of similar initiatives by other broadcast news organizations.
ABC: i-Caught
Fox: uReport
MSNBC: FirstPerson
iNewsit: iNewsit
Shows
CNN International airs "iReport for CNN." An interactive, international weekly half-hour TV program showcasing the most entertaining, newsworthy and unique iReport contributions and citizen journalism reports on the internet. The show airs saturdays at 1230 GMT and 2300 GMT; Sundays at 1900 GMT; and Mondays at 1400 GMT and is hosted by Errol Barnett.
Shows can be watched on its CNN show page"
News to Me" features the week's best viewer-submitted content, along with other videos supplied by Blip.tv, Jumpcut.com, and Revver.com. It airs on CNN's Headline News, Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET and 5:30 p.m. ET. In the early going this site was useful as it presented the work of amateur journalists striving to present news. More recently, however, it has become something of a personal soapbox as well, a sort of venue for personal expression.
Criticism
Ireport and other phenomenon billed as 'citizen journalism' by corporate news networks often offer no pay to contributors including photo and video contributions. While users are granted copyright to their contributions, they often are forced to relinquish control of who uses their work and where their images and video are shown worldwide. Furthermore, submissions are often uncredited (video contributions for example).
Notes
- "I-Report turns one year old". CNN. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "Student shot video of campus shooting". CNN. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "CNN Shells Out $750K For ireport.com Domain". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- "All We Are Saying". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-12.