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Twitter revolutionizes not only politics and political coverage, but the way people meet

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 03, 2012

Twitter has revolutionized political coverage, not only pushing instant reporting to an even higher frequency, but allowing thought to congeal much faster as every action is greeted with an instant mass reaction. Twitter has also provided a new town square for politicians, the politically curious, and the people who cover it all. But Twitter has also become a new form of name tag. Followers “meet” you before shaking your hand. And the impression sticks, as a Globe reporter found in Iowa.

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