My preliminary attitude to Twitter was similar to my first reaction to the vampire series “Twilight.” I was cynical and scathing against a phenomenon that seemed to take my friends and pop culture by storm.
In the J-School, the popular consensus about Twitter seems to be that there is a “right” and “wrong” way to “tweet.” The right way to use Twitter is to update news as it happens or to post links. The wrong method of using Twitter is to constantly narrate the mundane aspects of one’s day, such as walking to class or grabbing a latte. There is apparently a fine line between good and evil in the eyes of Twitter elitists.
An interesting aspect of the Twitter phenomenon is its use by celebrities and media commentators. Self-promoting personalities like Shaq and Lindsay Lohan and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow now have a more immediate portal to post their thoughts and opinions to the world. Overall, I feel Twitter can be a useful tool for journalists for updating news as it happens and “micro-blogging” in order to condense information to the audience. My attitude now towards it mirrors what happened with “Twilight.” I read the series and I try to update my Twitter daily. (@ABBsolution)
-Abbie Schmid
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