http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/all-atwitter-on-the-campaign-trail-20100727-10tl9.html
Thesis: Australia, amongst other governments, have started using Twitter to help dictate election outcomes.
Using hashtags as "ausvotes" the Australians used these to determine who was leading and by how much, and also to organize election-related messages.
"Interestingly, the Prime Minister has established a commanding lead over the Opposition Leader – in terms of #ausvotes tweets received (not counting retweeted messages), Gillard leads Abbott by 74 per cent to 26 per cent to date."
"Both leaders have their own Twitter accounts – even if, in reality, it's most likely their staff who do the actual posting. Many other users have directed support or criticism to them by including "@juliagillard" or "@tonyabbottmhr" in their messages."
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_for_journalists.php
Thesis: 140 character Twitter messages can be very beneficial for journalists, for it helps educate them with breaking news, interviews, quality assurance, as well as promoting their own articles.
"Whether it's natural disasters, political developments or breaking tech news - it's common to discover items of interest first on Twitter. Robert Scoble wrote a year ago about how Twitter users reported a major earthquake in Mexico City several minutes before the USGS did."
"When Sarah Perez wrote a post here titled "Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media" she found a wide range of respondents for her questions. Some were hardcore early adopters and others reported that they just dabbled in tools like Twitter."
"We often get feedback on misspellings, missed links and other publishing faux pas very quickly via Twitter. It's an easy way for readers to offer quick feedback."
"Promoting your online articles over Twitter is probably the crassest way a journalist can use the medium."
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