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Twitter Explained (Or, what’s the big deal anyway?)
Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Part I: How Twitter works, in  plain English Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
The Twitter terminology Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Twitter  Tools Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org Image via CC on  Flickr
Twitter  Search Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Part II: Twitter as  social media , and why that matters Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
The social Web (or  Web 2.0 ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Implications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
 
 
Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Twitter in  society Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org Clay  Shirky  on Twitter and social media in the 2008 China earthquake
Part III: Twitter and  journalism Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Key uses  by journalists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
Getting  plugged in ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org
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In  sum ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Seth C. Lewis  •  sethlewis.org

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Twitter, and why it matters for media, life, and journalism

Editor's Notes

  1. Show examples from my own Twitter account
  2. Some examples: #ona09 (vs. #ONA) #iranelection (vs. #iran) #snowleopard vs. “snow leopard” The key: these are organic tagging systems (folksonomies vs. taxonomies)
  3. — What’s different: The media good at creating groups are no good at conversation, and vice versa – that was 20 th century; today, the Web is the first medium in history that has native support for groups and conversation at the same time—not the one-to-one of phones, nor the one-to-many of newspapers and broadcast, but a many-to-many pattern. — Watch Shirky from 5:38 to 12:25