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Twitter abuse, media-meshing, e-nannies, and a man racing a plane
This week Twitter came under fire for not doing enough to stop abusive and threatening messages being sent via its social network. It started when Caroline Criado-Perez, a feminist campaigner, received a barrage of threats on Twitter after a public appearance surrounding the campaign to keep a woman on English banknotes. And it didn’t stop there; later in the week, police received reports of more Twitter abuse as bomb threats were sent to three female journalists. It’s been a week where the darker side of social media has once again reared its ugly head, opening up the conversation as to what action should be taken by social networks, the authorities and Twitter/Facebook users to stop such abusive use of social media channels.
Independent regulator for the UK’s communications industries, Ofcom, revealed a report into our ‘media-meshing’ habits. No longer do we have to wait until we’re at the water cooler to discuss last night’s TV, we’re now a generation of ‘media multi-taskers’. The report reveals that 53 per cent of us weekly use a tablet or computer whilst watching television so that we can Tweet, post of Facebook or use an app that directly engages with the programme in real-time. The prime example being televised sporting events – when Andy Murray stormed to victory at this year’s Wimbledon Championships there were 1.1 million people tweeting a total of 2.6 million times with hashtags relating to the historic match.
Further Ofcom research released this week also claims that iPads and tablets now act like ‘electronic nannies’ with over three quarters of parents using the devices to entertain their children and keep them occupied. 91 per cent of parents also admit to letting their children use their tablets or have bought them one of their own. Long live the digital generation!
And finally, for all you fans of aviation out there…grab a cup of coffee and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P66ISniQCqYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P66ISniQCqY
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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