-theguardian-
-TECHNOLOGY BLOG-
-Title-
-summary sentance-
-Author-
-webpage address, date and time-
{Picture of Twitter logo}
-Reference underneath-
[First paragraph. Opening sentance is part of a relevant quote, and then the reference follows in continuous prose. Who said it, where they were, when it was said, why they said it when possible. Could use Johnson, S quote. "Twitter makes a terrible first impression..."]
[Second paragraph. Continue with the quote, if necessary Shows a slightly bias point of view. "It's not as if.... choice of breakfast cereal."]
[Third paragraph. Shows a different point of view to the above quote. Use statistics on how many people log onto Twitter every day, and what they use it for.]
[Fourth paragraph. Statistics to give an overview of the scale of the subject you are writing about. Could use the money here, as well as the statistics of Twitter, to say that although it seems pointless, it's popular. Don't use anything you've used before. Use them in a different way, as well. Remember to reference in your Bibliography.]
Article
Task 1
theguardian
TECHNOLOGY BLOG
Twitter: 'Microblog' heaven or hell?
With Twitter's recent success, people begin to question the relevance of this social media site in today's society.
Jenny Bourne
theguardian.com, Monday 7 October 2013 15:28 BST
The twitter logo. Source: http://ictville.com/2013/02/forget-hate-speech-and-make-twitter-a-job-search-tool/
"Twitter... makes a terrible first impression." claims S Johnson in Time Magazine on 11 July 2013 when asked for his opinion on the matter.
"It's not as if we were all sitting around four years ago scratching our heads and saying, 'If only there were a technology that would allow me to send a message to my 50 friends, alerting them in real time about my choice of breakfast cereal."
"It's not as if we were all sitting around four years ago scratching our heads and saying, 'If only there were a technology that would allow me to send a message to my 50 friends, alerting them in real time about my choice of breakfast cereal."
Despite this seemingly popular point of view, Twitter has 100 million active users who all use it for their own entertainment, whether that's quietly following their most recent heart-throb or entertaining the masses with their witty takes on recent events.
Twitter's profit margin in 2012 was £92,408, and they has stock markets of £7.3 billion in New York alone according to S Bower in a Guardian article.
Task 2
1. I still need to find out about Twitter's target audiance; whether Teens or Adults Tweet more, or whether one of the generations uses it more predominately for following people. I could do this from my own research on Twitter, for instance, for every 10 people I search on Twitter, how many of them are above 20, and how many of them are below? Do the younger people have more followers, or less? This would be relatively reliable, but it would not give me an idea of Twitter as a whole. I would need to take my own age into account, as well as the type of people I follow.
2. I could use this information in another way, for example arguing against the fact that Twitter is used to tell people what I've had for breakfast. Things may get publicised over Twiter, for example, a speech in a local park or a party. Not all of these events will necessarially make a difference, but the point is that it is another use for this particular social media site.
3. To liven up my article, I could probably use more of my own opinions. This would be difficult, as I have never used Twitter, but if I needed to I could spend a week using Twitter instead of Facebook (my preferred Social Media site) and talk about the contrast as well as which one I prefer. The outcome could be whether I want to continue using Twitter or not.
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