The dangerous side of social networking

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Updated December 23, 2008 12:38:09

A man in the United States yesterday used his mobile phone and the social networking service ''Twitter" to inform the world that a plane in which he was a passenger was on fire. Madness? Or a sign of the times?

Presenter:Lucy Carter
Dr Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology

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