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The evolution and impact of Twitter

In this interview at the Aspen Institute, Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone discuss their company and the impact of social microblogging. They talk about their early experience (Stone was the creator of Blogger, the service you are using right now) and the way Twitter was conceived and has evolved. They also discuss Twitter's social and political impact and the way it is changing journalism.... Show More

Keywords:: social impact, political impact, Twitter, journalism, changing journalism

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Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy / Information Literacy Standards

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 22, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: September 24, 2020
Author:: Larry Press, CSUDH
Submitter:: Larry Press

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States