As is well known, the Internet in particular allows for a journalism empowered by interactivity, hyperlinking, peer-to-peer file exchange,
enhanced content, increased depth and multi-media forms of
storytelling. The Utopian vision of seeing this happen is not restricted
to developed countries [19]. But even in the developed world, such
possibilities are seldom or only partially realised. “What emerges
from observation of online news in action, and from discussions with
those providing its content, is far from a revolution in media, but an
expression of the cautious continuity, if not inertia, of media content
and practice” [16]. Some evidence from developed countries is also
that citizen forums, offering the potential for greater journalist and
audience interaction, have failed due to lack of interest among both
parties [17,20]. Indeed, “while new media use can be viewed as a form
of ‘productive consumption’, not all users deploy their productivity
in the same way and many are happy to defer productive control to
producers” [21].