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Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles

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    culturedleftfoot
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    I'd love if there was some greater context to this, say comparing the journalists' usage to any other profession or just people in general. To me it's kinda what I would have expected, and I'm not...

    I'd love if there was some greater context to this, say comparing the journalists' usage to any other profession or just people in general. To me it's kinda what I would have expected, and I'm not sure how much you can draw conclusions.

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    1. heady
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      A lot of reporting is based on sources acquired from twitter, guests and talking heads acquired from twitter and op-eds based on twitter discourse or diagnosing the sentiment of society largely...

      A lot of reporting is based on sources acquired from twitter, guests and talking heads acquired from twitter and op-eds based on twitter discourse or diagnosing the sentiment of society largely from twitter discourse.

      This type of lazy reporting was obviously never fully representative of larger society but this report shows it's not even representative of twitter users in general.