Five journalists from French speaking radio stations are to be cut off from the world for five days with their only source of information being Twitter and Facebook in an effort to determine the value of information received through social media.

Le Parisien reports that under a project called “Behind closed doors on the net”, which will take place between the 1 and 5 February, the journalists will have no access to TV, radio or print media and will have to get a view of world events through social media alone.

“It is often being said that the traditional media are threatened by these alternative sources of information, ” said Philippe Chaffanjon, director of the radio station France Info. “But what view of the world do you get through Facebook and Twitter?