Twitter Journalism
By Natalia Angelo
“If it’s not in 140 characters or less, you may lose them. They glance at what you say. If you’re good, they may spend a few extra seconds. If not, they’ve moved on,” says Craig Kanalley while him and many others talk about our generation and how in our fast-paced society, immediate news coverage seems to be more than ideal.
Twitter is the new and hip way of communicating the news to one another. Many tweeters find it more convenient to quickly look at their twitter timeline and read only 140 characters of words that can efficiently sum up an entire newspaper article. Craig Kanalley also says, “Give people the info they need, and give it to them quick so they can get back to their busy, daily life.” Nowadays people don’t necessarily have time to sit down and read a whole newspaper article. Many people are out and about every single day.
Although Twitter may not provide every detail, it provides enough to get the news flowing in seconds. Twitter reached 12,233 tweets per second at the end of the Giants vs. Patriots Super bowl game this year, and 10,245 tweets per second during Madonna’s halftime performance during that game, making it the second and third most recorded tweets per second in Twitter history.
These statistics have shown how much twitter is being used through socializing and communicating to everyone. Even though many people live different life styles, it is important to have a variety of ways to read the news. Twitter journalism is an ideal way for bustling workers to read the news on their own free time.
