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The power and danger of social media

From February 1-5, 2010, Canadian journalist Janic Tremblay participated in an experiment called Behind Closed Doors on the Net. Five journalists stayed in a farmhouse in France for five days, cut off from mainstream media, only allowed to use Twitter … Continue reading

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5 Behind Closed Doors on the Net

From Feb. 1-5, five radio journalists will sequester themselves in a French farmhouse with only Twitter and Facebook for outside information. All other media such as radio, television, and mobile phones are banned. The objective is to test the legitimacy … Continue reading

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Understanding Twitter

As I come up to speed on the latest communications technology I have stumbled across several fellow bloggers using Twitter. Click on someone’s Twitter link and you get their stream of consciousness-touch base ‘tweets’ with others in their contact list. … Continue reading

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