Twitter as a New Site of Worship

1. Twitter as New Site
of Worship
SHARP 2014
Simon Rowberry

2. TIMELINE
SUBSCRIBED TO
SUBSCRIBERS
UPDATES
PROFILE

3. USER – NOTE TWO NAMES & BLUE TICK
CONTENT
RE-BROADCASTS
AMBIGIOUS
A CHANCE TO INTERACT
CURRENT THREAD

4. Accidental Tweeting

5. Why Care?
Twitter has
become one of
the most powerful
news
broadcasters in
the last half
decade.
Including book
news.

6. Database vs narrative

8. Broadcast or
Forum?

17. The Coming of the King
@StephenKing A) Welcome to Twitter. B) Been
a fan forever. C) Still waiting for a "Rose
Madder" movie/TV series. D) Been a fan
forever.
@StephenKing Steve, you're my favorite writer,
if you reply to my message, I'll be the happiest
man. Greetings from Russia, lol.
@StephenKing Welcome to Twitter lil' guy.
@StephenKing is on Twitter! Now I have a
reason to be as well. #thelittlethings

18. News spreads through
the network
King’s
1st Tweet

22. Big Data & Reception

23. Twitter as New Site
of Worship
SHARP 2014
Simon Rowberry