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9 Ways You Should Be Using Twitter - Forbes

9 Ways You Should Be Using Twitter - Forbes | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it
Every day I meet people who ask me why they should be active on Twitter and every day I see Twitter friends try to hide their frustration over those that don’t understand their attachment. Here are 9 great ways to use Twitter.
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This is a good list that emphasizes how Twitter differs from Facebook (and consequently is more useful, if you use it well). 

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Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of Literacy

Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of Literacy | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it

Although this article is off-topic for journalists + social media, it’s quite an important topic for journalists to consider. APIs are an important part of social media applications -- if you can write code, you can harness APIs for journalism uses.

 

“The usual definition of computer literacy stops at the UI: If a user knows how to make the machine work, he or she is computer-literate. But, of course, the deeper literacy of the programmer is far more powerful.”

 

(Published May 17, 2012.)

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