BBC Manchester Blog: When is a blog in public meant to remain private?

Posted on 20 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Robin Hamman addresses one key media issue that is arising out of the Virginia Tech massacre tragedy: when is a victim's social media material public and fair game for journalists — and when is it private?

Reuters Blogs: Virginia Tech and social media: some questions for newsrooms

Posted on 19 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Reuters Global community editor Mark Jones rounds up some of the ethical quandries the Virginia Tech shootings have raised for journalists using material from social media sites.

Media critics look at online Virginia Tech coverage

Posted on 18 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

For a second day, there is much analysis from bloggers and media commentators about the online coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre. Canadian journalism educator Mark Hamilton says it would be wrong to describe the Virginia Tech story as just another “victory” for the development of citizen journalism. We’re well beyond that stage, he suggests. “What yesterday [...]

Slate Magazine: How students tracked the Virginia Tech shootings online

Posted on 18 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Michael Agger: "As the shooting at Virginia Tech unfolded yesterday, the media and the curious descended on MySpace and LiveJournal. The reporters were looking for scoops, the rest of us were rubbernecking."

One Man & His Blog: Digital Doorstopping: New Worlds, Old Techniques

Posted on 18 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Adam Tinworth on the journalists contacting Virginia Tech students via Livejournal: "Barging into that community and asking for comment feels not unlike barging into a pub and asking somebody for comments."

Threat Level: Internet names the wrong killer

Posted on 17 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"In the absence of any official information from police on the identity of the Virginia Tech killer, internet sleuths claiming to be in-the-know have been calling attention -- on message boards and online aggregators like Digg -- to the LiveJournal blog o

The Blotter: "I Want to Clear My Name"

Posted on 17 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"He is Asian, he lived in the dorm where the first shooting occurred and he recently broke up with his girlfriend -- he also happens to have a web blog packed with pictures in which he poses with firearms. On the Internet, [he] is as good as convicted."

cybersoc.com: virginia tech shootings: shocking first hand accounts from bloggers

Posted on 16 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Robin Hamman passed a student's Livejournal post, "which includes several pieces of potentially verifiable information", on to colleagues at BBC News Online ...

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BBC Manchester Blog: When is a blog in public meant to remain private?

Reuters Blogs: Virginia Tech and social media: some questions for newsrooms

Media critics look at online Virginia Tech coverage

Slate Magazine: How students tracked the Virginia Tech shootings online

One Man & His Blog: Digital Doorstopping: New Worlds, Old Techniques

Threat Level: Internet names the wrong killer

The Blotter: "I Want to Clear My Name"

cybersoc.com: virginia tech shootings: shocking first hand accounts from bloggers