For my photoshop assignment, I'd like to focus my composition on Twitter. This website is known for its simplicity in visuals and text, as well as its in-depth nature when it comes to its role in the media. Its know for giving short and concise updates that are short in length and include when they were written. It conveys the text, can include a picture, a video, and links to other websites. To put its role into perspective, it played a big part in Conan O'Brien's post-Tonight Show career in the weeks following his departure. When his account opened, it generated thousands of followers that would soon turn into over a milliion. When he prepared for his "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour," one tweet announced that tickets were officially on sale, that included a link to purchase them. With this as his only source of advertisement, tickets sold out within just a couple of hours. This shows the levity and power that Twitter, and the internet for that matter, has played in the media as times have changed and technology grows bigger and bigger.
My project would focus on the simplistic nature of Twitter and follow how a person receives and uses Twitter as a source of media. It would explore its use socially in the news and in peoples personal lives. It would show the formality of its updates and profiles, as well as its use in personal life.
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