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Sunday, October 25, 2009

University Makes Twitter a Required Class for Journalism Students

University Makes Twitter a Required Class for Journalism Students



twitter-classWorried that too many tweets are mere pointless babble? So is Australia's Griffith University, who recently made Twitter education part of the mandatory courseload for journalism students.


According to a senior lecturer at the University, "Some students' tweets are not as in depth as you might like." The solution? Make Twitter writing practice a compulsory part of the course curriculum for would-be journalists.


University officials cited increasing demand from employers for new hires well-versed in social media, and Twitter's importance in global events like the Iran elections earlier this year.


READ MORE AT: http://mashable.com/2009/10/23/twitter-class/





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