It shouldn’t really come as a surprise to those who are interested in mobile phones and things to do with them that, with the buzz of citizen journalism currently surrounding any mobile phone capable of taking a video or photo, that citizens where the news happens are becoming more and more involved in news gathering.
Iraq in particular is seeing a massive increase in the amount of news footage captured by mobiles, be it the latest and unfortunate roadside bombing or stories of hope such as babies being born amid the ruins of a war torn country. Of course, whether people want to watch it or not is another matter all together.
(Via PicturePhoning)
Related articles:
- ‘Citizen Porn’ hits mobile
No, it’s not a more racy version of seventies sitcom... - US turned off to mobile video
Technology loving US paper the Mercury News has a report... - People still prefer ‘real’ news to citizen journalism
Despite many people both here in the UK and the... - Are ‘geo-stories’ the future of citizen journalism?
As ever with question-based headlines, the answer is frankly ‘who... - Look Mum, I’m on the news: An introduction to mobile citizen journalism
You don’t have to have a card marked ‘press’ in...
About Ben Furfie
Your recent Comments