Blogging is so yesterday, politicians turn to Twitter
The article here talks about how people, in this case politicians and important people have turned to Twitter as an alternative for new media and posting quick information and news instead of using a blog which is time consuming. People like Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and our own Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has turned to Twitter as an alternative source of political news and current happenings (Zahiid S, 2010).
The article also states that this is due to its mobility and speed of posting up information (Zahiid S, 2010). The effect of being able to post live, quick and fast information at the tip of your fingers are greatly valued in this age of vast information. Followers of blogs are usually those of avid readers and pure fans of the blog (Zahiid S, 2010) but with Twitter, followers are able to obtain live updates just as soon as the posts are updated by the poster, which is almost instantly.
Studies have also shown that the number of 3G users which was 3 million in 1999 has drastically increased to 28.9 million in 2009 (Zahiid S, 2010). This is due to the applications like Twitter and Facebook that enable quick posting which has become increasingly more popular with people of all ages and status. Twitter is also something that possesses something televisions, radio stations and newspapers are not able to do. It is designed for quick posting and quick information unlike the old school media.
Companies big and small are now also turning to Twitter to updating their followers with the latest news (Fleet D, 2002). Many people say that blogging takes an more time than Twitting and that is not entirely true. Blogging provides readers and followers with proper details and depth information so this causes blogging to take up a great deal of time compared to Twitter. But Twitting provides only a certain view of the information and it is not in full. In order to achieve depth in information posted, posters will have to also take quite an amount of time in order to organize their words in a manner where their posts will be able to provide as much information possible (Fleet D, 2002) as Twitter limits the amount of words available for posting unlike blogs.
Hardcore tweeter Jonson Chong also says that these two phenomenon's are present and catered for two different types of crowds (Zahiid S, 2010). People who are interested in posting quick live information and those who are contented to provide in depth information.
Jonson Chong also stated that Twitter is there also to promote blogs (Zahiid S, 2010). Twitter as a medium for quick information that leads to blogs that provide full information.
References
- Fleet D, 2002, Blogging vs. Twitter: A Different Kind of Commitment, online, viewed on 16th June 2010, available at http://davefleet.com/2009/02/blogs-vs-twitter-different-commitment/
- Zahiid S, 2010, Blogging is so yesterday, politicians turn to Twitter, The Malaysian Insider
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