Why Twitter Influences Cross-Cultural Engagement. Jessica Faye Carter is an award-winning author and columnist. Her company, Nette Media develops social media technologies for women and multicultural communities, and she blogs at Technicultr. Twitter functions as a real-time information network, but has become increasingly influential in the area of cross-cultural engagement. The diversity of the site’s user base and its open architecture have led a wide range of cultural groups to use Twitter to raise awareness about issues that matter to them, highlight certain aspects of their culture, or just have a laugh.
Of course, that’s hardly unusual in the world of social technology. What’s different on Twitter is that a wide range of cultural activities are taking place in full view of others who are often unfamiliar with the cultural mores they are observing. On some level, this isn’t surprising, since we already use Twitter experimentally for all kinds of things unrelated to culture. A Step in a New Direction Open Design B.Y.O.C. Spiggler. HootSuite. Tweetdoc. Twitter Analytics | GraphEdge. Real-time local Twitter trends. Network statistics. Discover Your Twitter Character on Visual.ly.
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