With the recent death of Osama Bin Ladin, it’s been seen how much power social media has. Most people heard about the news of his death on Sunday night through facebook and tweets. According to the article, The 7 Stages of News in a Twitter and Facebook Era, after President Obama’s speech 4,000 tweets per second were being posted.
The article then goes on to state those seven stages. To read more about them, follow this link.
With 4,000 tweets a second when breaking news occurs, we see how much power social media can hold. I was probably in the minority during the Osama Bin Laden news. I saw it on TV, not social media. That’s not always the case though. I remember hearing about the death of Michael Jackson on twitter. I’ve also learned about new products through twitter. I was probably one of the first people tweeting about the iPad after reading a tweet about it. My main point, news travels fast through social media.
Muffy Lavens 