ABSTRACT
This chapter studies how citizen journalism plays a role in the formation of contemporary protest movements with a particular emphasis on media struggles in raising awareness, building alliances, organizing movements and creating imaginary communities. It further argues that issues of credibility are the authoritative connection in citizen journalism’s significant role. The chapter provides a literature review on Arab Spring, various Occupy movements and other recent social protests and then focuses on the Gezi Park protests in 2013 in Turkey. Archival research, participant observation and ethnographic inquiries are used to ground the chapter’s arguments.
