There are some interesting things happening in this story in The Age newspaper between informal twitter users reporting first hand what was happening, confused retweets and the later wave of formal journalists assembling a news story. Fascinating stuff to reflect upon as it gives some clues about the very different media dynamics of news communicated by informal social networks and formal journalists.<br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"> "Just as newsrooms were starting to stir with the rumoured explosion of a Qantas plane off Indonesia, and journalists began making calls to hotels on the island of Batam, Twitter was recording thousands of versions of what might have happened. "<br>
<a href="http://www.diigo.com/annotated/b5b42bad9c61cb8412be2b75404a6629" title="Twitter, Accuracy & Journalism: Qantas QF32 Example" target="_blank">Twitter, Accuracy & Journalism: Qantas QF32 Example</a><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br clear="all"></div></div></div>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
<br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>