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From Edward Snowden to Christopher Wylie – the face of the second generation whistleblowing 

Publication date: 02.09.2019

Media Research Issues, 2019, Volume 62, Issue 3 (239), pp. 39 - 51

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996362PZ.19.037.10739

Authors

Dominika Popielec
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of Journalism, New Media and Social Communication
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-0861 Orcid
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From Edward Snowden to Christopher Wylie – the face of the second generation whistleblowing 

Abstract

A whistleblower is a person who publicizes and denounces illegal or unfair practices in his workplace. As history has shown, whistleblowers are great sources of information for journalists. A few examples being Daniel Ellsberg, who was at the forefront of the scandal concerning the Pentagon Papers and Mark Felt, who was a whistleblower involved in the Watergate scandal. Without people like Daniel Ellsberg and Mark Felt, it would be impossible to present and explain some of the biggest 20th century political scandals in the United States. The aim of the paper is to analyze the role of key whistleblowers and other key people who played an important role in disclosing that information to  journalists through the use of databases and other forms of new technologies. The overall concept of what will be referred to as ‘second generation whistleblowing’ is the result of observations and analysis of the activities of both whistleblowers as well as dynamically changing journalism, media and information in the 21st century.

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Information: Media Research Issues, 2019, Volume 62, Issue 3 (239), pp. 39 - 51

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

From Edward Snowden to Christopher Wylie – the face of the second generation whistleblowing 

English:

From Edward Snowden to Christopher Wylie – the face of the second generation whistleblowing 

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-0861

Dominika Popielec
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of Journalism, New Media and Social Communication
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-0861 Orcid
All publications →

Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of Journalism, New Media and Social Communication

Published at: 02.09.2019

Article status: Open

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