Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Announces Launch Of "Tweet Wisconsin"
New website collects what elected officials, candidates, and groups are talking about all in one place
A new website launched by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute today provides onestop shopping for followers of politics in Wisconsin. “Tweet Wisconsin” (http://www.tweetwisconsin.org) collects the Twitter feeds of Wisconsin’s elected officials, candidates, and interested political groups in one place, where fans of politics can see what they’re saying and interact with their politicians.
“A lot of what’s going on in politics is happening on Twitter,” said Christian Schneider, (@cmschneid19) senior fellow at WPRI. “Often times, politicians are talking to themselves, and updating the public in real time as to what’s happening. Now the public has easy access to all that up-to-the-minute info in one place,” said Schneider.
With Twitter, political observers can post observations of up to 140 characters. With increasing regularity, politicians have been using the service to forgo the filter of the media to communicate directly with their fans. Many times, they use the service merely to call attention to articles, pictures, or videos they find interesting. “I was skeptical of Twitter to begin with,” said Schneider, “but I quickly realized that this is where politics happens these days – and it really helps to see what politicians are really thinking.”
The list of twitter feeds currently featured on the site include as many candidates, elected officials, and groups as could be identified. If you are a candidate or group and want to be included in the Tweet Wisconsin feed, feel free to e-mail your username to list@wpri.org.
To view the site, one doesn’t have to be a member of Twitter or any other social networking service. The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute can be found on Twitter at @wpri.
