Having a discussion on Twitter is unlike most other forms of communication, with the exception of maybe text messages, because you are so limited in what you can write. Twitter forces you to really think about what you want to say and cut it down to only 140 characters.
Unlike Blackboard Discussion Boards and even in class discussion, you don't have a limitless space to get your thoughts out. Instead you are forced to put out concise and short 140 character sound-bites which you must then make sure will be understood the way you intend them too.
Although the space is limited, when you put all the little bites together with a hash tag and are able to see them as a long string on a particular topic of discussion, you can really see the use of it and Twitter becomes a good way to communicate and share ideas.
Social Media and Political Participation
11 years ago
Beata Mavridis said...
ReplyDeleteEven if you have to get your message out using only a maximum of 140 characters per tweet. There are no limits to the amount of times you can tweet. It can be as little or as often as you want, as long as everyone tweet does not exceed the maximum 140 characters in length.