This type of news delivery practices negatively affect journalism profession. Social networking sites are the main contributors of the traffic in news sites, hence the users often face informational mess and unethical news items in news sites today.
Intriguing news headlines and images, especially shared via social media, lead the users to click the news item which actually may include a different content from what headline suggests. It has direct links with digital advertising. It is defined as the practice of forcing number of clicks to increase within news site and thus increasing the profit gained from the advertisements through the use of attractive news headlines and visuals. “Clicking journalism” became a wide spread practice by many media companies. Especially following the development of web technologies, online journalism recorded rapid advancement in Turkey and took its place in journalism. The paper ends with a call for a clearer definition of “citizen journalism” and for further ethical, legal, and business training, so that its practitioners continue to be taken seriously by professional media and audiences alike.Media companies almost threw traditional news making methods away, they look for and offer the ways that will allow news to be delivered just like in “pill-form" to readers. This paper summarizes recent discussions about citizen journalism: its various forms and coming of age its role in international news the opportunities for a more democratic practice of journalism the significance for mass media outlets as they struggle for survival the risks that unedited citizens’ contributions may pose for audiences, mainstream media, and citizen journalists themselves. While some hail this opportunity to improve journalism, others fear that too much importance is placed on these personal accounts, undermining ethical standards and, eventually, professional journalism. Citizen journalists have become regular contributors to mainstream news, providing information and some of today’s most iconic images, especially where professional journalists have limited access or none at all.
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