Twitter Search and Hashtags - Explained by Common Craft - ORG

This video uses a metaphor of “Twitterville” to illustrate the opportunities to use the Twitter Search feature to find people and information, read news and discover emerging information. It teaches how Twitter Search:

• Helps businesses listen to customer feedback

• Creates a real-time news source

• Makes trending topics visible

• Connects related information with hashtags

NOTE: The same ideas apply to X.com, which replaced the Twitter brand.

Video Info:

• Duration: 03m 08s

• Captions Available: YES

• Lesson Plan: YES

• Category: Technology, Social Media

• ISTE Standard: Knowledge Constructor, Indicator 3a

• ACRL Info Literacy Frame: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Information Creation as a Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration