Word: twitterers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Twitter has its trends, but Google remains responsible for billions of search queries every year, a treasure trove of data that is still the best window into what people are investigating on the Web. As the year winds down, Google combs through those searches, identifying the top trends and consolidating them into an annual list meant to capture the U.S. zeitgest...
...edition was released Dec. 1, and this year Twitter was the big winner. The social-networking site was the fastest-rising search query, beating out Web rivals Facebook (No. 3) and Hulu (No. 4) for the top spot. But absent the cybertrifecta, the 2009 list is predictably grim. In a year that saw the "Summer of Death," Michael Jackson was the second fastest-rising term, and Natasha Richardson (No. 8) and Farrah Fawcett (No. 9) made the top 10. The only celebrity who's still among us that managed to crack the list? Lady Gaga, who catapulted to fame this...
...Having a Twitter account certainly leads to procrastination, but it may also lead to increased social interaction in the real world, according to Dr. Reynol Junco, an associate professor at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania...
...talk at Harvard Law School yesterday afternoon, Junco discussed his ongoing study, which aims to discover whether participation in on-line social networks like Twitter causes increased participation in real world settings like the classroom...
...We’re looking at the effects of Twitter on student engagement and student success,” said Junco, who has also written books about the use of technology in education...