The BBC has an article about the way citizens became more involved in reporting things, and the mobile played a big part in that.
“Crucially, what 2005 proved was that far from these techno tools being purely dumb funnels for the same paid-for content from mainstream media, they had the chance to become powerful tools for political expression and reportage.”
This will increase, as people become used to the idea after the success of camera shots from the London Underground after the bombings. “More recently, the BBC received 6,500 e-mailed mobile images and video clips showing the fires at the Buncefield oil depot, thousands more than the number received after the London bombings.”