Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Tweeting Up Controversy in 'Socialympics'; New York Times, 7/31/12

Eric Pfanner, New York Times; Tweeting Up Controversy in 'Socialympics':

"In the run-up to the Summer Olympics in London, the International Olympic Committee hailed the dawn of the first “conversational” Games, saying social media would make possible new ways of “sharing and connecting.”

Only a few days into the Games, the conversation is getting messy — especially on Twitter, the microblogging platform."