“Digital Snappers”: Citizens, camera phones and photojournalism

Allan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-0470 2025. “Digital Snappers”: Citizens, camera phones and photojournalism. Eldridge II, Scott A., Cheruiyot, David, Banjac, Sandra and Swar, Joëlle, eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Second Edition, Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, pp. 112-121. (10.4324/9781003334774-14)

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Abstract

Taking a photograph or video footage with a camera-equipped cell or mobile telephone – more likely a smartphone these days – has become normalized in everyday life around the globe, so much so it may be surprising to recall how disruptive such activities were perceived to be in the early years of this century. News organizations, increasing alert to the implications, began to redraw reportorial boundaries with the aim of securing new, creative ways to facilitate individuals’ precipitous involvement – what I have described elsewhere as ‘citizen witnessing’ – in visual reportage. This chapter, in striving to contribute to current debates regarding the practices of digital photojournalism, traces the evolution of professional–citizen relationships negotiated through the varied, uneven affordances and constraints associated with cameraphone technologies and their uses. In the course of this evaluative appraisal, several key issues are identified for critically recalibrating familiar conceptions of photojournalistic standards, conventions and engagements.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032369808
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2025 16:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176392

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