THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF TWITTER

THE SELF AND TWITTER

There is a definite link between personal effects of twitter and the global

world including global media

The global village is made up of a variety of cultural societies who interact

with one other differently and whose behaviours have a globalization impact
The self therefore is an important aspect to the concepts of globalisation In todays global village and digital age, Twitter touches every aspect of

our personal lives and is one of contemporary developments in the global media
Twitter has shifted how we construct our identities and relate to the global

world

I TWEET, THEREFORE I AM
Twitter user was asked on why she tweets I dont know, you do it to impress

other people really. Like, if theres someone thats following you that youre interested in, then you kind of want to say things that you think that person would enjoy or, like, just to inform them. It kind of clues them in to who you are

Twitter has therefore provided a fast, exciting, innovative and cheap way of

expressing ones self

It provides a world of endless possibilities with just the use of 140- characters

Used as a form of release from our emotional build up.

Makes its users feel needed e.g. Having a lot followers retweeting your tweets

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It allows individuals who may suffer from inferiority complex or are

social outcasts to gain confidence as they gain friends. nations into one global village

Globalization is about the integration of different cultures and

The media social media have played a huge part in providing

platforms where different cultures come together

Twitter provides a form of cyber society where people with the

same interests can interact

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Despite all the advantages twitter provides to the users, several debates

have been raised on the negative social and psychological effects of twitter to individuals

 Example of a tweet from a student Lying in bed . . . Checking twitter and

thinking . . .Maybe Ill nap and study later. @NatashaTR

A lazy culture unable to converse in lengths greater than 140 characters.

Misspelt words, grammatical errors, slang words- How does this affect the future of mass communication
Confine ones social space and discourage its users in establishing

physical personal relationships by excluding their selves in the reality of substantial communication and interaction
Twitter-addiction.

Discourages physical social involvement and interaction, and acts as a distraction to the responsibilities an individual has to the social community.

Limits the knowledge about global and national issues

 Aggressive

behaviours - increase in cyberspace machismo, online harassment, threats of rape

Charlotte Dawson, one of the judges on Australias

Next Top Model was reportedly driven to attempt suicide after a relentless series of bullying tweets including hundreds of tweets encouraging Dawson to kill herself extremist group al-Shabab live-tweeted about the mall siege in Kenya, defending the mass killing, threatening more violence and taunting the military.

The most recent shocking example occurred when the

A May 2013 report on digital hate speech from the

Simon Wiesenthal Center says Twitter helped spur a 30% growth in online forums for hate and terrorism over the past year. The study says more than 20,000 "hatespewing hashtags and handles" appeared on Twitter in 2012, up 5,000 from the year before. The group identified Twitter as a "chief offender" among social media sites because of a lack of monitoring of hate and terrorist content.

THEREFORE
The significance of twitter and its effects on individuals should not be overlooked in this

age of social media revolution and cultural changes brought in by globalization.