Twitter is a new social networking site that some people use as a source for there news. According to Tom Tech’s blog, twitter should not be used or considered as a source for news. I agree with Mathew Ingram that twitter is becoming a source for news. I don’t believe that it should be fully taken as a source for news but it serves as the first place for people to at least know something is going on. If they read some news on Twitter they can then go to an actual news site and find out further and accurate information on it.
Twitter should not be considered an actual source for journalism but it does serve as a way for people to be informed on things that are going on around them. An example on how it can be a source for news is like when you look to friends and people around you for news by word of mouth. The information they tell you may not be completely accurate but you get the idea of what is going on. I think twitter can actually help online news sites because people will first hear that something is going on from Twitter and than they will go check out, on a news website, to see what is really happening and the full story.
There are so many types of people on twitter and, according to one of the blogs I have read, many professionals use it. There are some journalist who are on twitter and if people follow them they can get the news from a journalist. They can't get the whole story because your only allowed no more than 140 words per post but they can get the truth of what's going on from a journalist. They can then go to that journalist website or any online news source to get the full story. Twitter can help journalist get the news out and keep people informed on the newest issues so they can then go and get more information on there favorite journalism sources.
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