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Internet Technologies & Hearing Loss –
Introduction to TwitterHeidi Walsh
Over the next few weeks, we will look at an Internet Technology per week including: Forums 14-03-2011 Chatrooms 21-03-2011 Blogs 28-03-2011 Facebook 04-04-2011 Twitter Skype
And how these technologies can support people with hearing loss
What is Twitter? Is a micro-blogging service Huh? It is a way for people to communicate with
other people by sending short messages known as tweets
Breaks down barriers due to hearing loss as it is text-based not verbal
Twitter started out as a way to share what you are doing with other people
A bit like when you phone up a friend and one of the first questions you ask is ‘what are you doing?’
It was designed as a modern way of making people feel connected or in touch with others
Can be private or open (viewable by anyone)
At a basic level ….You can share Comments with your friends – regardless of
where they are in the world Photos – using an extra service such as
yfrog.com Videos – using an extra service such as
twidvid.com Links to things on the Internet Much more …
Since then it has been used: By celebrities to say what they are doing! By people to campaign / to highlight issues /
report events (Eqypt, Syria, etc) – this is known as citizen journalism
To send a message to a group of people at one time – eg cancelling an event
By businesses to inform about new products etc To inform To educate To run discussions – a Twitter chat
Uses for deaf people Feel in touch with friends and family be
knowing what people are doing Follow news / keep up-to-date on latest
events Follow hobbies and share interests Find out about new developments, e.g.
Tinnitus news - British Tinnitus Association Campaigning for deaf people - RNID
How it works To send a tweet you need a free Twitter
account You send a tweet (140 characters max) Your tweet is sent to the people following
you – your followers And/or can be read by anyone else via the
Internet (unless you make your tweets private
You can follow other people’s tweets Tweets can be received and read:
Online On your mobile phone By email
You can use special websites and programmes to collect and organise tweets
Tweet – when you send a message Twitter feed – all your tweets Retweet (RT) – when you forward
someone else’s tweet Retweeting passes information on very quickly
Person A sends tweet to network 1
Person B is a member of both network 1 &
network 2 AND sends retweet to network 2
Direct message (DM) – a private tweet sent to one person
@replies – message addressed to a specific Twitter user but can be read by anyone following you
# hashtags – a way of marking tweets so that they can be searched
To find information/people Use the search box on Twitter:
Examples of Twitter feeds
BBC News
Following a story / interest using a #hashtag
#hashtag in search box
Save search for future
British Tinnitus Association
RNID
Useful extras
Twournal.com Collates all your tweets into one place as a
printable book
Tweetdeck.com Way of collecting and organising tweets on
various devices
Tweetchat.com Way of following and participating in Twitter
chats (discussions)
Feedly.com Way of collating and organising tweets into
an online ‘newspaper’
Paper.li Way of collating tweets and Facebook
posts into a daily online newspaper