There are certain occurrences on the internet, and certain websites that have a high impact on people. Traditional media, such as newspapers, are having difficult times and are barely able to keep up.
Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished
Weak Signal's progress: Advanced
This Weak Signal came from:
Interviews
The source of this Weak Signal:
Dr Patrick VAN DER DUIN, "Delft University of Technology", interviewed by "MIOIR".
Weak Signal's description:
More and more of the immediate landscape is becoming itemized, individualized and influenced by many more people. Twitter is a good example. In DATE???? a little more than one year ago I wrote an article for a Dutch newspaper predicting that Twitter would become famous. On 1 April year???? there was an attack on the Royal Family and the first media coverage was on Twitter. It is now a serious phenomenon..People have got into trouble because they have said something on Twitter. In The Netherlands, Twitter has become an accepted social medium, not only by ordinary people but also by journalists and politicians. It has become a major news source, with reporters in the daily newspapers commonly quoting what people have said in Twitter. In Holland today someone was convicted for incitement to violence because on Twitter he asked people to come to a certain square and start a riot.
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