TO CONCLUDE....

• There are blatantly both very positive and negative outcomes to the use of Twitter. It can be seen from two completely different sides that it is just a platform of ‘novelty’ but also there are aspects that may argue that it has ‘powerful and polemical media’ impact. The Guardian published an article discussing the concept that twitter could possibly be beneficial to the brain and people’s higher education by using is as a ‘learning tool’. To an extent this could be useful and essentially true, however there is a large side of twitter that is solely about people’s everyday lives and is filled with meaningless topics of conversation and discussion, which would not necessarily help within studies.

• One con that was mentioned in the study, is that ‘conveying a message in 140 characters is challenging and can lead to over-simplifying complex debates.’ There is a risk that people will misinterpret the point if there is so much cut out of the post to allow it to fit within the character count. A pro on the other hand was that ‘the Twitter seminar gave students the rare opportunity to ask questions and post comments to Andy through tweets and receive individual replies.’ This could be a way of connecting with the audience and using something that they can relate to. There is no escaping the fact that twitter is the cause of a lot negativity within the public domain due to the incredible amount of abuse, trolling and attacks that are published twenty four hours a day. 

• It is acknowledgeable that there are some measures taken to prevent these from occurring, but it is completely impossible to punish and remove every account and post that is associated with the negativity.