Facebook and a ‘harmless’ prank
Sherrilynne Starkie
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Global news media is full of stories drawing parallels of last week’s royal hoax to Diana, and perhaps these are not unfounded. But for this new generation of royal watchers, there is one very big difference from Prince William’s mother’s day…social media. The suspected suicide of the nurse who was pranked by two Australian DJs quickly resulted in a deluge of angry comments to their radio station’s Facebook page.
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