- Youtube
- Invitation for citizen / audience participation
Established traditional media such as the BBC invited audiences to contribute:
You can send pictures and video to: yourpics@bbc.co.uk or to send via MMS please dial +447725100100.
If you have a large file you can upload here. Read the terms and conditions
Early stages of conflict - INFO VACUUM
- Information / photos due to restricted access
- Information War that the government joined on the cyber battlefield, as told by blogger Ko Htike in London, who has received personal e-mails - and protesters within Burma have received mobile phone text messages - spreading false information and rumours, for example about military crackdowns on protesters.
He is convinced these are spread by the Burmese authorities, trying to both influence protesters and hijack his website to spread government propaganda.
"Many people are reading my blog so if I put through fake news on the site it will affect people. They [the government] can see the hits, they can see that people are looking at my site... that means they are scared so they are trying to manipulate me, to use people power," Ko Htike said.
MSM compromises its credibility by indirectly taking up position on the cyber battlefield.
