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India: Twitter vs. MSM

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 @ 15:37 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Internet & Telecoms, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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India: Twitter e media mainstream...

Dina Mehta discusses Twitter's role during the recent terror attacks in Mumbai and explains that it complemented the efforts of the mainstream media.

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Nitin

Another Video highlighting how mainstream was completely useless when compare to new media reporting during Mumbai attacks.

# 2008-12-3 at 16:09 pm

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