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Twitter in Dutch national broadcast news

by Richard Verbeek on 2 March, 2009

Last Saturday there was an item (also see Marketingfacts.nl) on Dutch news broadcast NOS Journaal how Twitter was the first medium to break the news on the Schiphol Amsterdam Airport crash of a Turkish Airlines flight TK1951 last week. BNR Nieuwsradio journalist Lara Rense was one of the first to send out a Tweet on listeners [...]

Scary scientist

by Steven Van Gaever on 24 February, 2009

Journalist Frederik Tibeau published an interesting article on Data News today, “Social websites harmful for young children’s brains”. Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, from Oxford University thinks social network sites like Facebook or Netlog will bring irreversible damage to the brain of young children. They will not be able to concentrate for a long period and have [...]