The widespread popularity of Twitter. According to comScore Media Metrix data, the number of visitors to touch 9.3 million Twitter, rapid global growth of 131 percent compared to last month, which about five million visitors.
In blogs, which cited VIVAnews from InformationWeek, Monday 20 April 2009, comScore point due to the growth of Twitter visitors media sites in the micro-blogging.
“Atensi media gave a great influence,” said Andrew Lipsman, jurubicara in the Twitter blog. “It looks like you will not find news on the same site other than Twitter,” he said.
Lipsman also explain one of the cases, in which a named Newt Gingrich utilize Twitter to scrutinize U.S. President Barrack Obama in dealing with piracy in Somalia. Post Gingrich was quoted by the CNN crew, Rick Sanchez, and the next news was spread wide to national and even international. News as well as the form tag Twitter new mass communication media.
According to the observation Lipsman, the Twitter user is generally habitue news. “They tend invited portal news-portal two to three times more often than normal readers,” he said.
Because of this, he adds, the hornet Twitter presenting news consumer-centric cause the size of the growth of visitors. “Readers like more news that is close to the life of their day-to-day. That is, they choose the Twitter, “said Lipsman.
“Like it or not, Twitter has quickly revolusi ecosystem coverage in the world of media, from journalists to the consumer. Twitter obscure both the limit, “he said.
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