#TLDR: Twitter is Changing Everything

Elizabeth Campbell, Class of 2018
2019 The Boller Review  
Twitter. What some view as just a social media site to see and share ratings with dogs; politicians and journalists are now finding it a requirement of their daily jobs. Politicians are using Twitter in an attempt to circumvent the gatekeeping that media has performed for generations while journalists are trying to keep up and verify all the news sent through it. No one has relied more on Twitter than President Donald J. Trump who uses his account to not only get around the gatekeeping function
more » ... of the press, but to change the news cycle all together.
doi:10.18776/tcu/br/3/82 fatcat:kiu7o7a5xjh5jciaiylpqueyey