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ocial networking has revolutionised the way we communi-
cate, consume media and interact with each other. It is not
an exaggeration to say that, at the time of writing, the PR
industry in the UK is justifiably completely obsessed with social
media. The medium has the power to break news hours or even
days ahead of any publication or broadcast outlet, influence the
way people think, influence the way they shop and purchase,
and can be used to call like-minded people to action in ways
that are extremely efficient and also at times somewhat scary.
Social media also has one other, utterly compelling, advantage. ...