Mainstream Media Starting to Get Twitter...
Twitter was heralded today in Reuters as the future of breaking news and citizen journalism. The mainstream media is finally starting to understand what many of us have been saying for well over a year. As I said last April:
"...but for breaking news, Twitter is proving to be a force."So much of the focus has been on if Twitter and its mundane life updates can catch on in the mainstream, that people are looking right past some of its true potential, such as breaking news.
And of course saving Americans from Egyptian prisons...
More thoughts:
- Twitter as a Tool for Political Discussion
- Twitter is Dead! Long Live Twitter!
- TwitterQuake in San Fran
- Twitter Is In the Eye of the Beholder
- Twitter Once Again Come Through In An Emergency Situation
- Has Twitter Just Twittered the Shark?
- Yep, Facebook Is Gunning For Twitter
- Facebook Goes Live With Their New Look, Dare I Say Twitter Inspired?
- Newsweek Jumping On the Twitter Wagon
- Facebook To Be More Like Twitter
- Twitter My News To Me Fast
- Twittering the Night Away: Twitter Is Blowing Up
2 comments:
there is an interesting article about that on ReadWrite Web:
http://visionoftheworld-bertrand.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-case-of-emergency-please-go-to-web.html
In case of emergency go to web 2.0
@betrand - makes some sense, I can't think of an easier way to reach a whole bunch of people quickly.
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