Twitter and the new leaders

How young people are using Twitter to shape the future

#twitlect

Today’s lecture will cover

Hashtag for lecture is #twitlect

What is Twitter?

How is Twitter used?

Why is Twitter significant?

A chat with @livbambola

And Skype meeting with @newsbee

Questions (if we have time)

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But first

Today’s lecture is experimental

It’s being broadcast on Twitcam

Viewers can add comments and ask questions and…

questions and comments on Twitter using the #twitlect hashtag

It will be available on YouTube later today

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Twitter is…

Free service

Based on the net at www.twitter.com

Publish updates containing a maximum of 140 characters

And subscribe to other users updates

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Available on

www.twitter.com

A variety of desktop packages

Mobile phones

iPhone

Blackberry

Giving Twitter significance

Bigger than Digg, LinkedIn and Nytimes.com by number of visitors (32 million in March 2009)

Britney, Ashton, Miley (until recently) and Demi

And Ellen and Oprah and Dr Phil

How about CNN and MSNBC

And Barack, Kev07 and Gordon Brown

#twitlect Source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/20/twitter-surges-past-digg-linkedin-and-nytimescom-with-32-million-global-visitors/

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How is Twitter being used?

Eminem

Hides tickets then tweets the location

Updates fans

Last tweet in August

Did he get bored?

#twitlect Image source: http://shameber.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/eminem-2.jpg accessed October 12, 2009

Brits

Tweets location of tix

Sends links to pics and vids

Sells merchandise

Promotes concerts

Manages brand

#twitlect Image source: http://www.morethings.com/pictures/music/britney_spears01.jpg downloaded October 12, 2009

Nathan, Nat and Shaun

What’s happening at Nova

Competitions and giveaways

#twitlect Image source: http://images.watoday.com.au/2009/06/19/590376/nova-420x0.jpg downloaded October 12, 2009

Citizen journalism

Mumbai 70 tweets/five seconds 1

Blood donations

Help lines

Let friends know they’re safe

Used in conjunction with Flickr and Twitpic

Plus bushfires, elections, earthquakes, tsunamis

#twitlect Image source: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01122/bomb_1122141a.jpg downloaded October 12, 20091. Source: Mumbai Attacks: Twitter and Flickr used to break news, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3530640/Mumbai-attacks-Twitter-and-Flickr-used-to-break-news-Bombay-India.html accessed October 12, 2009

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It’s also used to

Establish friendships #PTUB

Connect and network @kaz747

Advertise @rob_ham

Customer service @comcastcares

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Liv Bambola

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About @livbambola

Trainee business analyst at St John of God Health Care

Buying an investment property

Writes a blog at bambolasdiary.blogspot.com/

Tweets a lot. That’s a lot.

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Lanai Vasek

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About @newsbee

Annoying kid who asked too many questions

OUA Net Studies student last semester

Business Owner editor at news.com.au

Author on The Punch

Cat called Salmon

Has a thing for Malcolm Turnbull’s ute

On secondment to The Australian