More people nowadays are using social media to disseminate news. The use of Twitter has benefitted many people in many ways and is one of the social networking platforms used, alike Facebook and other social networking platforms.Using Twitter to post about daily life allows friends and family members to keep in touch. Many people post on topics such as road trips, raising their children and major life events, allowing those close to them to feel more connected on a daily basis. Clubs and other groups use Twitter to stay connected between face-to-face meetings, allowing them to more frequently discuss common interests and share the latest news. Twitter has often brought people together simply because they live in the same community and use Twitter, building a "neighborly" atmosphere.
Following the local reporters, politicians, businesses and private citizens who post information about the community allows followers to keep in touch with current events. Community posts often include traffic reports, weather, local news, special events, restaurant reviews and other information useful to locals and visitors alike. Because Twitter is linked everywhere around the world, it can help one decide whether to visit a certain country or not, especially if there are issues like natural disasters or any other calamities within the country's premises, just by looking at the information that is posted on Twitter.
Businesses all over the world use Twitter as well to connect better with customers. Because of close interaction with customers through Twitter, the company can benefit, especially if customers post comments and concerns, also unhappiness about a certain product. By simply searching Twitter posts, it is possible to quickly find informal reviews of a product or service. Often, users will pose a question and quickly have recommendations, ideas and offers of assistance in response.
References
1. Rowse, D.(2008). 5 Ways I Benefit from Twitter.
http://www.twitip.com/benefits-twitter/ (Accessed June 10 2011).
Heya Gwen,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the point you made that Twitter has benefited many people in many ways. Being an avid Twitter user, I can say that Twitter not only allows for us to connect and keep in touch with friends and families, but it also allows us to receive updates of news from news companies such as Strait Times and Today, which have Twitter accounts and post updates of news regularly. Hence, I feel that Twitter also educates and informs one about the daily occurrences happening around the world and in Singapore. Also, multi-media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube have allowed news companies to reach out to a wider range of audiences, with preferences of news on each of these platforms, and this makes news all the more interesting for the reader.
Perhaps, its about time you made a Twitter account too? :P