Twitter & the News

Stephanie Willen BrownJoMC Librarian

swbrown@unc.edu … 919.843.8300 IM: JoMCParkLib (buddy list)

http://www.twitter.com/JoMCParkLib

What is Social Networking?

http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking

Facebook

• 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

Facebook Causes

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

Twitter for Journalists