Open Access#TLDR: Twitter is Changing Everything
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Campbell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
boller review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-0420
DOI - 10.18776/tcu/br/3/82
Subject(s) - gatekeeping , social media , fake news , media studies , function (biology) , political science , internet privacy , journalism , advertising , sociology , public relations , computer science , business , law , biology , evolutionary biology
Twitter. What some view as just a social media site to see and share ratings with dogs; politicians and journalists are now finding it a requirement of their daily jobs. Politicians are using Twitter in an attempt to circumvent the gatekeeping that media has performed for generations while journalists are trying to keep up and verify all the news sent through it. No one has relied more on Twitter than President Donald J. Trump who uses his account to not only get around the gatekeeping function of the press, but to change the news cycle all together.