Case Study
Case Study
Case Study
CASE STUDY
IMPACT OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA
INTRODUCTION
Social media is integral part of modern society. It helps us to get the latest news
within fraction of seconds. It helps to exchange information and let us people to take
part in social events, but social media can be discouraging and crime encouraging.
This article seeks to address the impact of social media and citizen journalism on
those people engaged directly or indirectly in the field of professional journalism for
their opinions and perceptions. It seeks to answer is there any kind of discernible
effect so far, and if so, if this influence consolidated. Citizen journalism is the
reporters do not do this kind of journalism because it is their job, but because of the
way they want to improve society. Citizen journalism is the basis of democracy that
This study reviews the news about Quiapo road rage that happened last July 25,
2016, where Vhon Tanto, a driver of red Hyundai EON car shot the cyclist, Mark
Vincent Garalde on P. Casal St., Quiapo Manila. Suspect left the scene of the crime
Facebook, Top Gear Philippines by posting the link to the Facebook profile about Mr.
Nestor Punzalan. They also posted a photo of Punzalan's car, which was
coincidentally a Hyundai Eon model, similar to the car in the incident. Mr. Punzalan
falsely accused as the suspect in the said shooting incident and the cyberbullying
that happened to him and to his family over the social media.
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. How was Mr. Nestor Punzalan affected by being wrongfully accused in social
According to the video, Mr. Nestor Punzalan was greatly affected by being
shooting incident. He and his family are receiving hateful words towards their
life and even death threats. He was traumatized after his name and photos
went viral online. It wasn’t easy for him but he knew in himself that he was not
2. What is the liability of Top Gear, other media outlets, and netizens who
wrongfully accused Mr. Nestor Punzalan as the suspect in the said shooting
incident?
The Top Gear, other media outlets, and the netizens who wrongfully accused
Mr. Nestor Punzalan as the suspect in the said shooting incident should give
their apology to him and be responsible of what they have done. In addition,
they should also help in clearing his name and should be punished by the law.
3. What role was played by citizen journalism and social media in this incident?
The role that they did together with social media was to falsely accused Mr.
the problem to be solved by doing the right thing and giving factual and
reliable information, they became the source of fake news that makes the
situation worsted.
4. What positive and negative effects of media and information on individual and
The positive effects of media and information on individual and society that
The negative effects, people think that all the ideas and information they saw
online is true or facts without evaluating it that can lead to something unjust.
information and identify facts from bluffs to avoid creating conflict on the
internet.
6. What important lessons can we learn from this event as a social media user?
As a social media user, the important lessons that we learned from this event,
first we should be a literate citizen journalist. We must first think all the
aspects that will be affected the moment we say something online. For not
convey what it is, but we need to take a deeper view and understanding. It’s
In the case of Mr. Punzalan, he was wrongfully accused by the Top Gear Philippines
on Facebook as the suspect in the said shooting accident. Being a citizen journalist
should check if it’s reliable because it can ruin the dignity of other people just like Mr.
Nestor Punzalan case. A citizen journalist should empower the right information
promote the wrong information dissemination because we have to write right. THINK
REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8GHioR1YU
Prepared by:
Sayson, Jasper T.
Sardido, Mary Jane P.
Yaris, Christine Joy O.