Twitter

Personally this interview was intriguing to me because Chris Anderson truly thought that Twitter was a reliable source to get his information from. Personally, I think the way he answered questions made him seem arrogant and ignorant. Maybe that is because I have the complete opposite opinion of Twitter. He says that the people on Twitter care about what is going on in the world and they tweet about it. This may be true; however, there are just as many people tweeting about what food they had for breakfast. I would much rather rely on a well respected magazine or newspaper to report the world news. I agree that technology is a huge part of our world today, but there are more substantial Internet sites then Twitter to get news from. I believe that Facebook, Twitter and Myspace are used more for social entertainment rather than serious facts. When I think Twitter, my mind immediately creates an image of pointless status's about peoples day and messages much like you would find on AIM and Facebook. Majority of people would think this, especially young adults. The older generation may not even know what Twitter is. Anderson states that the words journalism and media do not exist anymore. I find this ironic considering he works at a magazine-a form of media. My major is magazine journalism so i guess I would strongly disagree with Anderson on every level.