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# Journalist or Citizen?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/journalist-or-citizen/
- Published: 2012-05-06T14:05:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T00:59:57.000Z
- Description: A short extract from the VociGlobali panel discussion at the Perugia journalism conference. Framed as an answer to James Curran's question: "Why has the Internet changed so little", the author proposes that the culprit was an optimistic confusion and causal reversal between Citizen and Journalist
- Author: Tony Curzon Price
- Tags: Europe, #Migrated, Media & communications, ourEconomy, Perugia, internet, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:19, #appended-excerpt

Complete video at: [http://webtv.journalismfestival.com/](http://webtv.journalismfestival.com/doc/1409/conversazione-online-e-giornalismo-partecipativo.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net)

A short extract from the [VociGlobali](http://vociglobali.it/?ref=opendemocracy.net) panel discussion at the Perugia journalism conference. Framed as an answer to [James Curran's](https://www.opendemocracy.net/james-curran/why-has-internet-changed-so-little) question: "Why has the Internet changed so little", the author proposes that the culprit was an optimistic confusion and causal reversal between Citizen and Journalist