Twitter & the News
Stephanie Willen BrownJoMC Librarian
[email protected] … 919.843.8300 IM: JoMCParkLib (buddy list)
http://www.twitter.com/JoMCParkLib
What is Social Networking?
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking
• Personal – Connect with family, friends– Co-workers, students, alumni
• Their friends, family, co-workers, etc.
• Professional: fan pages, groups• All: sharing information
– Life updates – Photos, videos– Fun, informative web sites
You & Facebook
Fan Pages
• You can create accounts for your group, band, cause, event
• People who join can find other people with similar interests
• You can “message” your fans with updates and information about your group
You & Twitter
• Personal– Public? (http://www.twitter.com/CogSciLibrarian)– Private?
• Professional– Public! (http://www.twitter.com/JoMCParkLib)
• Blend– Be careful: your data could be in the
Twitterverse forever
Twitter Conventions
• RT @AnnCurry RT means “re-tweeting” a tweet from Ann Curry (user @AnnCurry)
• #iranelection # is a “hashtag” to note a comment in an ongoing conversation
• @JoMCParkLib @ is a reply from someone else to the jomcparklib account
Advanced Twitter
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