Journalists Restrict Their News Sources To Facebook And Twitter

As part of an experiment called “Behind Closed Doors on the Net”, five journalists from Canada, France, Switzerland and Belgium will be locked in a house from February 1st to 5th.  The goal will be to determine what image of the news they receive when interpreting solely through Social Media.  This analysis can certainly help provide some analysis into Twitter, which unexpectedly rose as the primary communication channel for protestors during the recent Iranian election, and has recently been used a tool for aid in Haiti.
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