Twitter hoaxes and the ethics of new media — what happens now that we are all journalists? There have been a rash of internet hoaxes lately — including a fake Google protester, a made-up tweet from Paris Hilton and a fictional conversation between a “reality TV” producer and an irritating passenger on an airplane.
As a New York Times story points out, most of these were spread by social media and fuelled by credulous reports from a number of media outlets. Media critics have rightly argued that this is a problem, driven at least in part by the speed of online media. Obviously it would be nice if more media outlets checked such reports before they repeated them. Which social networks are people using to get breaking news? Anna Francis is the Content and Social Media Specialist at Blueclaw.
How do you usually find breaking news, or consume news in general? For the most part, it’s unlikely that you’ll wait all day to learn from nightly broadcasts or the physical paper the next morning. How I Became A Dupe, And Why I Blame Canada.