Twitter is now mass media
From my PCMike NBC-TV report…One of the Internet’s hottest services these days is Twitter, which has millions of users using their mobile phones to text short messages about what they happen to be doing or feeling at the moment. Sounds silly, but Twitter has become so popular that its mass media in and of itself.
It’s a social networking site, sure. But it is also much more these days.
“What are you doing?” is Twitter’s mantra and man, do people ever answer, sharing with friends and the world…everything. Read more
Tweets from the hurricane zone
August 31, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Twitter has become a must check for those looking for the latest on just about any major story.
But when it’s a story like Hurricane Gustav and New Orleans, monitoring the latest tweets from Twitter users in the path of the storm is almost like being there.
In addition, Twitter has set up two groups for those in the affected areas: One can be used to instantly post requests for help or emergency aid, such as a report that someone is on a roof or has a medical crisis. The other is Read more
