Ian Tomlinson:
The way in which this is citizen journalism is that it was filmed by a person who was present at the time of the attacking and was not a professional journalist. The footage was filmed and used by a news institution; The Guardian.
The way in which this is different to professional Journalism is that the footage is not good quality and it shot first hand, rather than a news reporter films it and it being editing before shown in the news.
This had a big impact on the representation of Police Officers; this is because it shows Ian Tomlinson to be attacked for no reason as he was only walking past. This impacted the way in which people thought about the police.
The technology which made this possible is Smart Phones and the use of Social networking. The footage was filmed on a smart phone and was posted on a social networking site where it was used when producing news.
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