Study: Twitter Rarely Beats News Outlets to Breaking News - - TopicsExpress



          

Study: Twitter Rarely Beats News Outlets to Breaking News - Twitter advocates often claim that the social network breaks news faster than newswires. But a study conducted by researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow found that Twitter generally followed wire services, though it did beat them sometimes. Comparing Twitter to wire service news outlets covering 27 major news events over 77 days in 2011, the study found that Twitter led newswires eight times, ... ow.ly/2yhnBt
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:44:26 +0000

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