Mainstream news organizations have seen revenue declines in print, television and radio across the board and have sought to fill the void with online news in the form of websites, blogs, online videos and social media pages. Citizen journalists have taken full advantage of the Internet and the large audience it offers them, being able to express their views and opinions to people who otherwise would not have the chance to express them. hear. Online news has contributed significantly to the 24/7 news cycle that people around the world are subjected to today, where citizens are inundated with information from all angles every minute of the day (Mythen, 2010). The real benefit of online news is that it allows people to choose what information is important to them, instead of watching the 6 p.m. news every night for one or two stories you might find relevant (Kranzberg, 1985) . Some have argued that this is its decline, as people only interact with popular information, thereby reducing the impact of information that should be important (Dahlgren, 1995). However, the increased interactivity of information allows people to discuss the stories they discover with their friends, as their friends do with them, allowing