Microblogging is different from blogging because blogging gives you a sense of freedom to right whatever as much as you want without a limit. Microblogging has a limit. The limit is about 140 characters in a limited space. The message can be viewed by anyone or you can choose to follow someone or something, such as Twitter. With Twitter you follow as much people as you want and tell what your doing and where. With blogging you can write things in depth and everyone can have a better opportunity to understand your idea and opinion.
Microblogging is totally different than other social networks like Facebook because on Facebook yes you can write a quick status, but you can also write a long paragraph about how you feel. As opposed to being limited to a quick sentence because of the characters limitations. On Facebook, you know who your friends are and there real names to friend request them. But with microblogging such as twitter you can friend request anyone without really knowing his or her names. I mean it’s a kind of the same with facebook, but with facebook they make you put your real name.
I have never used microblogging such as Twitter. I just didn’t want to get sucked into the style of the Twitter wave. It seemed really pointless to me to write about what I’m doing and where I am at for the whole world to see. I think know one cares if you just woke up late or what you are eating for breakfast. What I have used is facebook and I created one to stay in contact with those I knew before attending college. It was a nice way to stay in contact with them.
I’ve heard from fellow classmates that they were able to get a job from using Twitter. So now that I know how to utilize it in a different way, a more professional way I might actually consider using it to really network with company’s about future employment. I think that would be a fantastic idea and definitely help build a resume for myself. I might actually become a better Twitter user and branch out to other employers.
I think twitter is been used beyond socializing because company’s use and it and educators. My boss actually told me that she was going to a conference and the conference tweets what’s going on and what are the schedules for the conference. She actually likes that the conference does that because those who are going to attend follows them on twitter so they are aware of what’s going on. I think that it depends on the way you utilize twitter to your use. I also think that twitter is been also to promote an even or organization. Twitter is being used to branch out to other viewers and demographics. It’s helpful to know what other opportunities that are out there because of the Internet.
Twitter can be useful for journalistic tool because journalist is required to know the facts and information on any occurring event. So using twitter can help them figure out other facts about the event. Twitter is liked for journalists because it is brief and fast. Information gets put out there quicker than it does print or television. News organizations tweets and are followed by those who watch on television everyone doesn’t mind knowing the facts or any information as it is going on. For example in February, a federal judge gave his blessing to Ron Sylvester of the Wichita Eagle to use Twitter to report on a trial of six suspected gang members, the first time tweeting had been permitted inside a federal courtroom. Sylvester tweeted frequently from the trial, providing a nearly contemporaneous account. On the other hand, not all tweets are equally useful. Tweets from reporters covering the heavily choreographed political conventions last summer produced plenty of snark and trivia, but little in the way of important or interesting news (Twitter journalism pg3).
Twitter is pushing the envelope because before this judge no one was allowed to use a cell phone in the courtroom. Controversy can arise from this as well. To use twitter as a political tool can also keep everyone in the loop of things. I used twitter to tweet about the election as I was watching it from CNN in my house. Some people probably wanted to know what was going on minute by minute and someone actually thanked me for tweeting about it. I had to embrace twitter because it is in when it comes to technology. Everything is on the Internet know a days. Twitter can also be used as a political tool to get to the younger demographics. To reach out to those of all ages. For example, Barack Obama used the Internet for his political campaign because he was trying to get the young vote. He depended on the younger vote to get him in the office. So he used youtube and created a campaign video, he reached and young people voted.
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