BBC NEWS | Technology | The year of the digital citizen

BBC NEWS | Technology | The year of the digital citizen:
By Jo Twist

"2005 was arguably the year citizens really started to do it for themselves. Raising mobiles aloft, they did not just talk and text, they snapped, shared and reported the world around them.

Twelve months ago, it was clear the mass consumer was going to have at his or her disposal many more gadgets with greater capacity to record, store and share content."