In central London on Thursday 7 July, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770.
This footage was caught by
CCTV of the 7/7 bombing which focuses the attackers actions as they enter the
underground station. The attack took place in Aldgate station at approximately
8:51am; however, 15 seconds later a third bomb occurred in a Tube tunnel near
Russel Square. Notably, on 7th July 2005 the four main terrorists; Germaine,
Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain killed themselves and
52 others in this horrific terrorist assault on London. Moreover, this
gave citizens journalists the opportunity to influence the mainstream
news which highlights the concept of user-generate content as they are
producing the information. Furthermore, some of the footage which people have
filmed on their phones was first hand view which makes it raw, hard hitting and
emotive. This is significant in relation to citizen journalism as those
individuals was able to post it publicly on social networking sites such as
Facebook or Youtube which then resulted to a moral panic. This highlights the
concept of user generate content people around the world began to connect with
one another or watching all of the live footage's.
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