What To Choose?

Ok, so for this week we had to choose what essay topic we were going to do and why. I've decided to do question 6.

6. Increasingly mobile devices are an aid to the gathering and reporting of information, both by professional journalists and "citizen journalists". Outline the advantages and disadvantages of this sort of news gathering. How might it impact on journalistic practices and news values and ethics?

Personally, I think it has both advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, a mobile device is a quick and easy way of gathering news and quite handy if something happens unexpectedly. However, some journalists may use their mobiles to fabricate information, so therefore it is untrustworthy and can would be ethically wrong if used in such a way. It would be interesting to research this matter further and that is why I chose this topic. I think I would begin researching this by first finding a book that states journalists ethics etc. and defining what citizen journalists are (although I'm pretty sure of what they are) and then going from there.