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>Twitter is the public square more than it a news source ~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-u
by throwaway6734 5y ago
>Twitter is the public square more than it a news source
~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...)
There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.
- panopticon 5y ago> There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped. I'm not sure I would make the same claim. Twitter is wildly popular among journalists, pundits, and other members of the media. Due to its outsized importance within these groups of people, I can easily see Twitter playing a large role in shaping media narratives.