Sunday, May 1, 2011
Practicum #8- Taylor Wagner
Wow, well I could not have asked for a better event to demonstrate the impact of Twitter and wrap up this project. As most of you know, Osama Bin Laden was killed today and where did I first hear the historic news? Twitter. After seeing several tweets about bin Laden's death, I immediately turned on my television, as well as tuning into CNN.com. Since that first tweet more than an hour ago, Twitter followers around the world have been glued to their social media devices and various stories, videos etc are being tweeted at rapid speeds. Current top trending topics Worldwide, as well as in the US, include- Osama Bin Laden, OBL, Mission Accomplished, #godblessamerica, watching cnn, and of course, Jack Bauer. Even major news stations have commented on how quickly the news is spreading, thanks to social media. Twitter has obviously changed the world in a big way. We've seen its effects in Egypt, we see its quickness and influence again tonight. I'm interested to discuss Twitter's global impact a bit more in my final paper.
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That is really interesting. I found out on Facebook's home page when someone updated their status. Then, believe it or not, I went to Twitter to see what people were saying even though I don't have an account and never access the site. I thought it was just insane how quickly the information was then able to diffuse.
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened to me. I saw rumors about it first on Twitter, and then afterward I turned on my TV to see the President speak. Also, did you hear about this guy @ReallyVirtual who accidentally live-tweeted the raid? Pretty interesting.
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