Hi everyone,
I don’t know about you but I enjoyed this week’s blogging activity of researching Twitter. I hadn’t actually been on Twitter before and must admit that hours were spent scrolling and clicking on links, ‘following’ various people and researching interesting subjects. I will have to limit my Twitter time so I don’t spend too many hours in the world of social media, as opposed to the real world! Anyway this is blog two.
1. What are the top stories in your area of interest?
I found some interesting articles and tweets regarding NAPLAN. There were many different views from teachers, parents, education experts and journalists. The Australian had an article saying that good teaching and student wealth were the main predictors of success. The ABC had a tweet and article that said there have been no major improvement in literacy and numeracy despite record government funding. Sky news had some tweets and a link to a story saying that the results show that needs based funding is critical.
There were some interesting stories and tweets on Nauru. ABC news had an article and some tweets about an Amnesty International report which uncovered allegations of abuse and inhumane treatment. Sky News had a tweet and story which interviewed a Human Rights Watch representative claiming that there is a deliberate policy of abuse on Nauru. Human Rights Watch also had a tweet and story with the findings of their report.
The top twitter story when I was researching was on Jarrod Hayne. There were a lot of stories regarding his return to Rugby League and about joining the Gold Coast Titans. There were many TV news stories covering it from Sunrise to Fox Sports.
2. Numerous articles on the Jarrod Hayne story used tweets. On the http://www.news.com.au website in the ‘Parramatta fans are furious Hayne hasn’t returned’ story, there was a whole section dedicated to the social media reaction.
There were also some tweets in Nauru news stories. In the Huffington Post article titled ‘Nauru Abuse ‘Allowed’ To Occur In Strategy To Deter Asylum Seekers: Amnesty And HRW Claim’ there were a number of tweets:
I couldn’t find any stories that had tweets about NAPLAN.
3. There were quite a few news stories that had tweets in them from political and social issues to movie and television reviews, it seemed to be fairly common. A couple of examples:
- Story: ‘What’s wrong with having a baby at 63?’
- Story:’Veteran gives Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump his Purple Heart’
4. I found a couple of tweets on organisations promoting events:
- Telstra promoting ‘White Ribbon Night’
- ACT Government promoting ‘Australian of the Year’ awards
- Qantas promoting NAIDOC week:
That brings me to the end of my first dip into the great big ocean of Twitter. Thanks for reading, if you have any suggestions please let me know 🙂
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