Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested April 10.And Twitter saves the day ...On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter.
The message only had one word. "Arrested."
Friday, April 25, 2008
Twitter saves the day?
As reported on CNN.com:
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I think its quite interesting how the media responds to a new medium of communication. The article seems to suggest that Twitter was especially useful in this type of situation. The student could've emailed the same word to a friend, text messaged it to his uncle, instant messaged it to anyone that cared. At the very least, the article is misleading. Even the arrestee admits that it was more of his status as an American citizen that allowed him to be released from prison. The article seems to hint of some potential that twitter has that is missing in existing online communication sites. Like hey, "look what twitter can do" despite the fact that it could've been done via several means of communication. It's not I have anything against twitter. It could be a great way of keeping in touch with friends. I just think that the media often exploits things like face book and my space for headlines. Even though this article highlights twitter in a positive way, its just as objective as claiming that myspace is a hot spot for pedophiles.
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