
Twitter Was Influential in the Pandemic. Are We Better for It?
Twitter’s user base is modest compared with those of Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, yet its impact on society has been tremendous, in large part because of who uses it and the way that it serves as a conduit between social and traditional media. We saw this through Donald Trump’s use of the platform. And we have seen it again during the Covid-19 pandemic: Twitter became a locus for conversations among scientists, journalists and policymakers that ultimately shaped our pandemic response.
Now the platform — and how scientists use it — is changing, and it’s worth assessing what that means for the science community, and ultimately for the public.… Seguir leyendo »