The authors argue that the linked structures of social networks do not reveal actual interactions among people. “Scarcity of attention and the daily rythms of life and work makes people default to interacting with those few that matter and that reciprocate their attention.â€
The ubiquitous access to mobile phones, and the ease of sending SMSes, has dramatically democratized citizen reporting. In a recent post on the digital news life cycle, I argued that “from this moment onwards, every accident worth reporting, anywhere in
