An article in ITNEWS on the use of camera phones during the bombings in London struck me as interesting because yet another term to describe citizen shutterbugs has surfaced to describe the phenomena.
In the article, Photosharing Surges Following London Bombings, the authors use the term "populist photojournalism" to describe how people with digital cameras and camera phones have taken to downloading images from the disaster.
According to the article:
Populist photojournalism took a bow on photo-sharing sites in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in London.
While the news of Thursday's terrorist attacks in London spread through the traditional news media's Web sites and the newer blogosphere, populist photojournalism took a bow on photo-sharing sites such as Yahoo's new acquisition, Flickr.