Twitter: High on celebrity gossip, low on news discussion

Twitter is regarded as a highly popular platform for online communications. It was said to have played a role in facilitating – 140 characters at a time – social movements that supported key events such as the Arab Spring. And because Twitter messages (or 'tweets' as they are called) are c...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.pers-12892017-03-07T09:22:33Z Twitter: High on celebrity gossip, low on news discussion Singapore Management University Twitter is regarded as a highly popular platform for online communications. It was said to have played a role in facilitating – 140 characters at a time – social movements that supported key events such as the Arab Spring. And because Twitter messages (or 'tweets' as they are called) are compact and quickly transmitted, they are widely used to spread and share breaking news, personal updates and spontaneous ideas. 2012-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/pers/262 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1289&context=pers http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Perspectives@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Communication Technology and New Media Organizational Communication Social Media
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Twitter: High on celebrity gossip, low on news discussion
description Twitter is regarded as a highly popular platform for online communications. It was said to have played a role in facilitating – 140 characters at a time – social movements that supported key events such as the Arab Spring. And because Twitter messages (or 'tweets' as they are called) are compact and quickly transmitted, they are widely used to spread and share breaking news, personal updates and spontaneous ideas.
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title Twitter: High on celebrity gossip, low on news discussion
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