A Little Birdie Told Me About Agriculture: Best Practices and Future Uses of Twitter in Agriculutral Communications

Authors

Katie Allen
Katie Abrams
Courtney Meyers
Alyx Shultz

Abstract

Social media sites, such as Twitter, are impacting the ways businesses, organizations, and individuals use technology to connect with their audiences. Twitter enables users to connect with others through 140-character messages called “tweets” that answer the question, “What’s happening?” Twitter use has increased exponentially to more than five million active users but has a dropout rate of more than 50%. Numerous agricultural organizations have embraced the use of Twitter to promote their products and agriculture as a whole and to interact with audiences in a new way. This article addresses current Twitter use trends within agriculture and offers advice for practitioners.

Recommended Citation

Allen, Katie; Abrams, Katie; Meyers, Courtney; and Shultz, Alyx (2010) "A Little Birdie Told Me About Agriculture: Best Practices and Future Uses of Twitter in Agriculutral Communications," Journal of Applied Communications: Vol. 94: Iss. 3. https://doi.org/10.4148/1051-0834.1189

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