Citizen journalism also adds to the diversity and plurality of media channels.

Audiences can either monitor the progress of particular happenings as they unfold or generate their own news. Citizen journalism's role has never been more essential in today's epoch of digital interference. Citizen journalism allows everyone to have their views represented and participate actively in society. All through history, Citizen journalism has evolved and altered over time, but it has maintained an essential feature of contemporary civic society. Citizen journalism, basic words yet a complicated concept, is interpreted as the redemption of detached society and the demise of the learned world of the media (Bentley, 2008). The term has sparked debates amongst academics and policymakers in recent times. If you ask me what comes to mind when I think of “Citizen Journalism” as a layperson, I will opine that it is citizens practicing journalism. It is therefore argued that the success or failure of using documentary analysis guide and interview guide will depend mainly on the qualities of the researcher. It also facilitates the conduct of the interview since the interview guide contains the topics to focused on during the interview conversation. semi-structured and unstructured) is easy to use because it provides flexibility to the interviewer. Nevertheless, my experience as a PhD candidate having worked on some research projects over the years appear to suggest that a documentary analysis guide is challenging to use, in that: documentary analysis guide may not be able to provide an exhaustive list of all most relevant documents needed, and the potential bias in a document may be difficult if not impossible to capture.

Deciding on the appropriate data collection instrument to use in capturing the needed data to address a research problem as a novice qualitative researchers can sometimes be very challenging.

Qualitative tools for data analysis