(media) Independent reporting, often by amateurs on the scene of an event, and disseminated via new media.

(media) An amateur journalist who engages in citizen journalism.

plural of citizen journalist

(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic citizen; the man on the street.

A member of a loose movement of Americans, Canadians and Australians who consider themselves answerable only to their own particular interpretation of the common law, and not subject to any government statutes or proceedings.

plural of sovereign citizen

plural of citizen science

plural of citizen scientist

(sciences) Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.

(job, sciences) An amateur (or nonprofessional) scientist; especially, a person who collects data from the natural world that can be used by scientists.