Effect of Twitter on Youth
Proposed title
The meaning of Twitter amongst the youth and the effects on their social lives
Introduction
I have chosen to investigate what the social media “twitter” means to our youth as well as the role it plays in the lives. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you answer the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers" You can send your messages using the Twitter website directly, as a single SMS alert, or via a third-party application such as Twirl, Snitter, or the Twitterfox add-on for Firefox. (www.twitter.com)
Twitter started in 2006 when the podcasting company Odeo realized they needed to reinvent themselves and begin brainstorming new creative ideas. Jack Dorsey introduced the idea of creating an sms ( short message texting) that would allow a user to communicate with a small group of people (
Problem statement
What effect does the use of twitter have on the social lives of the youth and as a result what twitter means to our youth?
Primary problem
The impact does twitter have on the youth?
Sub-problem
How are youth’s social lives affected
Does twitter interfere with time management
The impact of twitter on social status
Effects of twitter and how they interact with society
Research design
The study will be conducted through qualitative research. The research is exploratory and descriptive. The research will try and gain an understanding of this wide spread social media which has changed the way in which our youth communicates and socialises. The collection of data will be done in a number of ways which will include interviews, surveys, focus groups etc. The aim of which will be to have a general idea of how the youth thinks and feels about this social media.
The more important part of the research will be conducted through in depth interviews that will facilitate a debate on the effects of
The meaning of Twitter amongst the youth and the effects on their social lives
Introduction
I have chosen to investigate what the social media “twitter” means to our youth as well as the role it plays in the lives. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you answer the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers" You can send your messages using the Twitter website directly, as a single SMS alert, or via a third-party application such as Twirl, Snitter, or the Twitterfox add-on for Firefox. (www.twitter.com)
Twitter started in 2006 when the podcasting company Odeo realized they needed to reinvent themselves and begin brainstorming new creative ideas. Jack Dorsey introduced the idea of creating an sms ( short message texting) that would allow a user to communicate with a small group of people (
Problem statement
What effect does the use of twitter have on the social lives of the youth and as a result what twitter means to our youth?
Primary problem
The impact does twitter have on the youth?
Sub-problem
How are youth’s social lives affected
Does twitter interfere with time management
The impact of twitter on social status
Effects of twitter and how they interact with society
Research design
The study will be conducted through qualitative research. The research is exploratory and descriptive. The research will try and gain an understanding of this wide spread social media which has changed the way in which our youth communicates and socialises. The collection of data will be done in a number of ways which will include interviews, surveys, focus groups etc. The aim of which will be to have a general idea of how the youth thinks and feels about this social media.
The more important part of the research will be conducted through in depth interviews that will facilitate a debate on the effects of
References: www.twitter.com www. Communication research: techniques, methods and applications (second edition) by G.M du Plooy.