www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/p...
early report of American sympathy.
news.gallup.com/poll/657404/...
updated report of American sympathy with graph showing changes over time

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10...
Pro-Israel bisas in media
www.politico.com/news/2023/10...
Early biased report example.
www.instagram.com/reel/CyLgScw...
Citizen journalism in Gaza
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
Progression of bombing damage over time

Reference List
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
deathcount
www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/s...
80% bombed
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Teargassing advice
datareportal.com/global-digit...
Global data review
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Ice Crackdown

#11
For example in Oct /23
Over 50% of Americans said Israel was in some way justified.
But as time went on and more and more videos came out.
Support dropped to less than half for Israel and has risen to a new high of 33% for Palestinians.
www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/p...
news.gallup.com/poll/657404/...

#10
Over 80% of the Gaza Strip has been bombed and rendered almost uninhabitale
The contrast between mainstream media's constant assurances that these actions were justified vs the civilian journalists documentation of the horrors, eroded trust and increased Gaza sympathy
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...

#9
This was in contrast to the citizens with cellphones showing Israel rampant bombing, their struggle to survive and the lack of care put towards their safety.
There will videos of people carrying grocery bags filled with dead bodies and starving children.
www.instagram.com/reel/CyLgScw...

#8
But before it reached that point in the first few weeks and months post-attack, mainstream media downplayed Israel’s warcrimes.
A common saying was that “Israel has the right to defend itself”
www.politico.com/news/2023/10...

#7 RC3 Question 2
How does citizen journalism challenge traditional media's influence?
On Oct 7/23 there was a terrorist attack in Israel by Hamas
In response Israel killed over 70k Palestinians with over half being women, children and elderly as of Feb 2025.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#6
Activism is about using the power of the collective to affect change.
Often times this by opposing an oppressive power.
Cellphones are the ultimate expression of the individuals capacity and ability to create change.
It grants anyone the power to contribute to a cause by documenting injustice.

#5
Citizen journalism has the benefit of capturing crimes in action
Most of the time journalism is "he said, she said" and people judge who to believe based on reputation
This leads public officials to get away with more crimes.
However nowadays, there is video evidence for people to see themselves

Citizen journalism has led to a rise in the awareness of the laws being and rights violated by the crackdown on illegal immigration in the US.
This has led to many News articles being run with sympathetic lighting towards undocumented immigrants and many ICE protests.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

#3 It is legal to record officers in public.
This video can then be used as evidence to demonstrate violations of the law.
For example this video shows US ICE agents refusing to produce a warrant for private property. No matter what anyone says, this is illegal.
x.com/Milajoy/stat...

#2
Cameras to be only used by professionals. Spiderman’s old job of catching pictures of Spiderman as a professional photographer is considered outdated.
Since everyone has a portable camera, this has lead to any person being able to document injustices.