Some may argue that this type of media is detrimental because it is unreliable and anything can be made up and become viral. This can also lead to many people getting into trouble, for example around 70,000 twitter users were rumoured to have broken the super injunction regarding Ryan Giggs' personal affairs.
However this media could be seen as positive because it is unbias, raw news. Also it makes citizen lawmanship possible as citizens with information or evidence can help the police find criminals or expose the truth, for example a rioter with basmati rice was exposed by his picture being made viral on twitter.
