Twitter In Controversial Spotlight Amid Mumbai Attacks

From student Scott on how social media played a part in last week's events in Mumbai, India

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/11/twitter_in_cont.html

“I'd add that Mumbai is likely to be viewed in hindsight as the first instance of the paradigmatic shift in crisis coverage: namely, journalists will henceforth no longer be the first to bring us information. Rather, they will be a conduit for the stream of images and video shot by a mix of amateurs and professionals on scene.”

Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/world/asia/30twitter.html?ref=asia

“Mr. Shanbhag, who lives in Boston but happened to be in Mumbai when the attacks began on Wednesday, described the gunfire on his Twitter feed — the “thud, thud, thud” of shotguns and the short bursts of automatic weapons — and uploaded photos to his personal blog.”

Mr Shanbhag’s blog.....with uploaded photos
http://arunshanbhag.com/2008/11/26/mumbai-blasts-taj-is-burning