Extra, Extra, Tweet All About It!: How Twitter Became Synonymous with News
In this research-focused milestone, we focused on three areas of Twitter and news media related research. The first category, “History of Twitter and Development of News Media” is focused on questions regarding the development of the social media platform Twitter. In addition, this portion of research seeks to understand social media platforms as the most modern form of news and opinion sharing. The next category seeks to answer questions about the “Public perception and usage of the platform.” This research focuses on case studies related to how users view the platform and seeks to discover the various uses of the platform beyond sharing news. The last category of questions this research focuses on is titled “Algorithms and Content Management” and the technological side of Twitter. It reveals how Twitter the company monitors the platform and the effect of their algorithms on content and user interactions.