Twitter has become the social networking site is an important source of news and views for everyone, and journalists in particular, but the only problem which, according to the Center "Bio" for research, that the opinions published followers it does not conform mostly with public opinion.
In the study conducted by the Center, it was found that the opinions Twitter may sometimes be a liberal, and may be in other cases more conservative, but most of the time negative.
The report said: "In general, reactions to political events across Twitter reflects a combination of background user, and the ability of matter to attract attention. While presenting the idea of exciting about the interaction between communities and topics, does not reflect necessarily the public at large."
In this study, the center focused on some major political events, such as: the U.S. 2012 presidential election, and the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and a number of speeches delivered by President Obama.
According to the study authors, the main reason behind this is the nature of Twitter users, the study showed that age younger than age adults who cast their opinion in general, in fact, that most of them tend to outweigh Democrats
The survey conducted in 2012 that half of the adults who are engaged in publishing news via Twitter under the age of 30, compared with 23 per cent of youngs.
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