1. I'm currently following a variety of people in the movie, comedy, and gaming industries. These include The Onion, Jon Favreau, Nathan Fillion, Rooster Teeth Productions, and Rotten Tomatoes.
It seems to me that professionals utilize twitter mainly to get the word out about something new they're working on, or to weigh in on contentious pop culture/social issues. It's definitely a good way to let people know that you still exist and are doing things that are interesting. Writers and PR majors could use it to advertise their work in ways that don't initially seem like advertising- advertising done through Twitter seems a bit more like "friendly-recommendations from people you know" than just seeing a Facebook message or banner ad. The brevity seems to work to people's advantage here: interest is piqued, and you have to click links to look into things more.
On more personal levels, it seems like a good way to get to know a person a lot better. With the limited format, people can't ramble on about things, and have to distill it down to what they really want to say.
I'm not sure I'll keep Tweeting the rest of the semester- It just seems like one more thing I could get tied up in that doesn't have enough benefits to be worthwhile, in my particular case. I'm sure I'll check in on the people I'm following to see what they're up to through their tweets, but it's not a networking site that immediately grabs my attention.
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