In celebration of Twitter’s ninth birthday today, Jack Dorsey thanked journalists for being the second group to adopt the platform. And he opined about the importance of journalism to a functioning democracy.
4/After the tech early-adopters, journalists were next to take to Twitter. They used it as a source, to break news, and to link their work.
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2015
3/Journalists play a critical role in our society: keep the world honest and balanced. They are true servants of the people.
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2015
In this vein, earlier this month, the Pew Research Center analyzed how Twitter and Facebook as part of the local news ecosystem.
Thanks to Robert Scoble (@scobleizer), I’ve been on Twitter since April 2007. It has shaped how I interact with the digital world and it remains one of my favorite digital hangouts.
Why Twitter?
In January, Pew Research Center reported demographics of digital network spaces.
Some 23% of online adults currently use Twitter, a statistically significant increase compared with the 18% who did so in August 2013. Twitter is particularly popular among those under 50 and the college-educated.
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