TECHNOLOGY.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Miller, Donalyn
- Source
- Library Sparks; Nov2009, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p6-7, 2p, 3 Color Photographs
- Subject
- ONLINE social networks
WIRELESS communications
TEXT messages
TEACHERS
- Language
- ISSN
- 15449092
The article discusses the free social networking service Twitter and its growing use as an effective communication tool. Twitter allows users to send and receive messages shown on the user's profile page as well as on the page of the user's subscribers called followers. It can be accessed through the website www.twitter.com, short messaging service (SMS) or cell phone applications like Tweetdeck. Twitter was used by Iranian protesters, by an astronaut in the repair of the Hubble Telescope and is now being used by teachers in the academe.