Media Convergence- Law Part 2- Social Networking

Social networking and the news have recently been in legal contact, after allegations of celebrities private lives, many have been going to court, to try and get super-injunctions to prevent the press printing stories, and therefore damaging their careers and reputations.  Rumours being spread on social networking sites, including Twitter, show a media convergence as society is hearing about these social networking issues in papers and on their TV.

Thomas Bates