With the advent of internet technology, the definition of mass media is starting to change. No longer do we get our news and information from professional journalists. Instead, we can surf the web and browse through the blogs, wikis, and pictures from citizen journalists around the globe that were there to experience the event first-hand.

Many of us enjoy this idea of citizen journalism--we enjoy looking through their pictures, videos, articles, and first-hand accounts. It can be seen as the new wave of participatory culture. Citizens can actively contribute to the community by dispersing their information. In addition, information circulation is quicker because it can be spread via the journalist's network of people subscribers, friends, family, and coworkers, and those people can spread the information to their network and so forth.

The role of citizen journalism is still quite controversial, although many believe it can be considered a type of mass media. Dubbing citizen journalism as mass media does not exactly fit with the classic definition of mass media. Citizen journalism initially reaches a specific network of people, whereas mass media targets much larger audiences. How is citizen journalism similar to mass media and how does it differ? What are the implications of the differences? Is it safe to say that the definition of mass media is indeed changing?