Category: Social Media

The Dangers of Twitter to Politicians?

Chris Cillizza warns officeholders about the dangers of Twitter in this article.  Sure, in theory it makes sense to provide benign daily updates letting your constituents know you are hard at work fighting for them. And it is “kinda cool” — as Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a titan of political Twitterers, described a recent tweet […]

The Essence of Twitter

Molly Murray-Threipland paints an interesting picture of Twitter and its potential for use in political and issue advocacy in this piece in today’s Times. Don’t laugh. Twitter can be serious. It can be used in cities where the emergency services are not on the same wavelength. It was in use to gather aid for Italian earthquake […]