Issues, not personalities, stir net users to action

The theme of a protest matters more to the online community than the political personalities behind the rallies, a study has found. Internet users tend to trust online media more than traditional print and electronic sources, it also found.

The Community Development Initiative, a non-government organisation, based its findings on a poll of 245 web users, a focus group and a case study of Hong Kong Reporter, the city's largest internet radio website.

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