Briggs chapter four
Summary
The significant rise of microblogging is discussed in detail in the fourth chapter, explaining how journalists moved from blogging to using microblogs, such as Twitter, to publish their news. In this new format, Briggs explains, journalists became more closely connected with other journalists and with their readers.
Why Twitter? It’s easier to follow someone and their news by a 140 character system than it is looking at the much longer blogs.
Key Terms:
- Microblogging- blogging on a smaller scale (think Twitter).
- DM- Direct message capability used on Twitter.
Many people think of ridiculous quotes by celebrities or Facebook style news feeds when they think of Twitter. This is, however, up to how you use Twitter, and who you follow.
Professional journalists aren’t going to be posting about what they had for lunch, or what kept them from sleeping last night; they take Twitter as seriously as they will any other platform now used for dissemination of news.