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Sociologist suggests Twitter offers more immediacy than broadcast news on war

Posted on April 3, 2011 by legallysociable

A sociologist challenges the idea that Twitter is a space for “slacktivists” by arguing that it offers space for emotions and humanity in a way that traditional broadcast news does not.

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