By Alex Fitzpatrick, Mashable.com, October 17, 2012
While the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney set a new politics record on Twitter, the second only saw a fraction of the tweets sent during the first: 7.2 million for Tuesday’s town hall event to the first debate’s 10.3 million.
There is no question about it. Social media is making a significant impact not only on the web world, but on real people, places and events.
While Chinese dissident and hero, Lui Xiabo sat in jail when the Nobel committee named him the 2011 Peace Prize Winner, thousands of Chinese citizens used Twitter to spread the word and show their support. Many of them were arrested.
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