Mumbai: Online Community and Mainstream Coverage Converge

   The terrorist attacks in Mumbai unleashed unprecedented, real time unfiltered raw data on the web. 
   Within seconds of shots being fired, Twitter users in India  provided compelling eyewitness accounts and updates on the unfolding drama. According to some estimates, 70 to 80 tweets were being posted every five seconds.
   On Wikipedia, a new page was [...]

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