There’s a wild ride at the moment as traditional media slogs it out with social media. Stories that are popular in online communities become mainstream media news. And well, celebrities made by traditional media bite back in social networks. Take this case:
There’s some sort of sex scandal involving a young woman and an AFL player. Which pretty well covers the Sports News for any weekend in season but hey ho. Here’s Sandra Sulley from Ten News tweeting:
Now @Sandra_Sully is a well respected newsreader on TV. This tweet looks pretty normal – probably even written by a news intern, not necessarily Sandra. We are used to broadcast and with 15,000 followers, Sandra is in broadcast mode.
Unless of course the “girl at centre of AFL nude photo scandal” is herself on Twitter.
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