Comments on: Finally, something positive about journalism and Twitter! http://stilgherrian.com/media/finally-something-positive-about-journalism-and-twitter/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/finally-something-positive-about-journalism-and-twitter/#comment-15877 Stilgherrian Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:04:56 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=3380#comment-15877 <strong>@Cassie ST:</strong> THere is a perception (possibly wrong) that Twitter has an older demographic, whereas SMS usage is much higher amongst the young. Is the lack of SMS-like abbreviations just a reflection of an older, linguistically more conservative user base? Or a reflection of the high level of "professional communicators" like journalists and marketing/PR people? @Cassie ST: THere is a perception (possibly wrong) that Twitter has an older demographic, whereas SMS usage is much higher amongst the young. Is the lack of SMS-like abbreviations just a reflection of an older, linguistically more conservative user base? Or a reflection of the high level of “professional communicators” like journalists and marketing/PR people?

]]> By: Cassie ST http://stilgherrian.com/media/finally-something-positive-about-journalism-and-twitter/#comment-15853 Cassie ST Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:09:35 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=3380#comment-15853 Exactly Stil (and David Schlesinger). Twitter is a tool. Sometimes it's a tool that can break/create news, but mostly it's part of the process, which adds value overall. Oh, and an obeservation. Maybe it's just the circles I follow, but given the brevity (discipline) a "tweet" requires, I have yet to see any seepage of (incomprehensible) SMS shorthand into the twitter stream. Exactly Stil (and David Schlesinger). Twitter is a tool. Sometimes it’s a tool that can break/create news, but mostly it’s part of the process, which adds value overall.

Oh, and an obeservation. Maybe it’s just the circles I follow, but given the brevity (discipline) a “tweet” requires, I have yet to see any seepage of (incomprehensible) SMS shorthand into the twitter stream.

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