Topic > Media and Entertainment Essay - 773

With the popularization of UGC (user-generated content), some sections of traditional news pages are completely contributed by users rather than professional journalists. In recent years, more and more traditional news websites have become citizen journalism websites as they integrate UGC with their original platform. User-generated content becomes one of the most important characteristics to distinguish online news from printed news. User-generated content also brings commercial benefits to some news websites, such as online news agency British Scoopt which sells user-generated content (photos and videos) to professional news media and shares the revenue from these sales.