The “ticker tape” of the Internet is Twitter?
The machines had wide spread use in 1930, but dates back to1867. The paper tape printout gave a rolling display of stock prices, it revolutionized the 
But is Twitter nothing more than a cybernetic machine, a replacement ticker?
The current ‘greening’ of the twitter profiles suggest that entelechy processes are at work. The Twitter trajectory demonstrates a continuous stream of consciousness.
clipped from: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/17/is-twitter-the-cnn-of-the-new-media-generation/
The world was watching . . . and it did so on Twitter, not on CNN or any other news network.
Jeff Pulver calls this the era of “now” media, fueled by new and social media and the people who power Twitter and other popular networks. The pursuit of “now” is conditioning us to expect information as it happens, whether it’s accurate or developing.
“Twitter is about approach, transparency, and immediacy.”
It’s about real people.
It’s about emotion.
It’s about empathy.
But we have the power as consumers to also become informed fact checkers to intelligently sort fact from fiction.
the opportunity for media to create entirely new channels that augment traditional news reporting
In the end, conviction, passion, investigation, accuracy, diligence, and striving for truth are the attributes of any good journalist, blogger, or micro-blogger. Crusading for higher standards in reporting and championing them into creating and growing new channels represents our collective crusade.
“transparency.” transparency that is missing from so many media organizations as it’s deeply misunderstood and underestimated.
“Companies that don’t assign managers for social media will fail!”
the media has yet to fully grasp and holistically embraced.
the escalating and influential online conversation with forcing a deeper examination
“News doesn’t break, it tweets.”
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