{"id":8593,"date":"2014-03-07T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:14:51","slug":"facebook-and-twitter-are-we-all-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=8593","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Twitter. Are we all Journalists?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Junior Kristina Bannow says that a lot of the people she follows on Twitter post a lot of the same things as she does.
Photo By: Courteney Keller\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

By Courteney Keller<\/em><\/p>\n

Twitter and Facebook are both social networking sites that allows students to post their opinions and ideas for others to see. So does this make anyone who posts on Facebook or Twitter a journalist?<\/p>\n

Countless students have Twitter and or Facebook accounts in which students post their opinions and ideas to share with their peers. Sophomore Maeson Coffin who only has a Facebook account said, \u201cI mostly post like my feelings or those to be honest things to my friends and family.\u201d Junior Kristina Bannow who has both a Twitter and Facebook says that she posts about her life \u201cBut sometimes they are quotes I put up.\u201d She adds, \u201cI do it because I hope people get something out of them and sometimes I just need someone to pray for families.\u201d<\/p>\n

When going through and reading what others post, one may notice that some post about the same topics. Senior Geoff Espich said, \u201cMost people I follow and follow me [on Twitter] are people who have the same general topic tweets.\u201d Geoff says that he sees others posting about food, sports, family, tiredness, or what they are doing. Bannow says that she mostly sees \u201carguing and drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

With being able to post thoughts and opinions on Facebook and Twitter one may think carefully before posting while others do not. Espich said that he does not really watch closely what he post and \u201cit just pops to mind.\u201d Bannow says that she sometimes puts a lot of thought into her posts and statuses but not all the time.<\/p>\n

After deciding what to post as a tweet or status people might reread what they have typed out. Espich says that he proof reads his tweets before posting them to check for spelling errors. Coffin said, \u201cSometimes depending on if I’m using something that spell checks because spell check can change one word and make it sound very bad.\u201d Junior Nicole Snare said, \u201cYes just to be safe. I want to make sure what I have typed is appropriate for the public to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Junior Nicole Snare says that she proofreads her tweets before posting because, “I do not want to post the wrong thing which could potentially offend someone.”
Photo By: Courteney Keller<\/p><\/div>\n

For one posting statuses and tweets are no different than texting, while to others it is a completely different aspect of communication. Espich says that tweeting is a lot like texting somebody depending on who it is. Bannow said, \u201cWhen I\u2019m texting people I usually get deep sometimes and I am weird when I do it! On facebook I just try to put things that people will understand.\u201d Senior Karen Calix said, \u201cMy tweets are very short. When I upload a picture on facebook I usually put a caption on it and that’s a little bit longer then tweets. When I text someone it’s different because I’m having a one on one conversation with that person and not the whole world can see what we’re talking about unlike twitter or facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students define a journalist in many different ways. Espich says that there are several different ways of being a journalist. Coffin said, \u201cA journalist to me is someone that goes around and asks questions about a specific topic and gets as many details as possible.\u201d Bannow defines journalism as writing something that will get information to people. Calix said, \u201cA journalist to me is someone who writes and shares important information about something that is important to everyone him or whoever is writing the article and sharing the news with the world.\u201d Snare said, \u201cA journalist is someone who writes about current events and exposes in details about what is going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since one can write whatever they want on Facebook or Twitter does that make anyone who post on Facebook or Twitter a journalist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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