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Rob Bradley urges supporters to weigh up their words carefully on social media

If the 1990s was the era of the internet, then the early 2000s saw the beginning of the social media revolution. In ‘the good old days’, individuals or organisations researched content, prepared it and released it for consumption. There was a time lag between these phases.
Now with social media, a lot more people, in fact anyone, can generate information - and it’s instantaneous.
As in all walks of life, football has seen the good and bad effects of this social media explosion. Clubs can communicate anything and...

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