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•When creating your account, the ‘full name’ that you use is your display name, but you can change this to whatever you want, whenever you want, so you can stay anonymous if you wish.

•Choose a secure password!

•Choose your interests – Twitter will then suggest people for you to follow.

•Choose a picture.

•Write your bio – this lets people know a bit about you.

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Creating your Twitter account (Mobile)Click to read

•Fill out your name, phone number/email address. Use your real name as you will need to verify.

•Enter in the verification number that you received at whatever contact information you provided. Choose a strong password.

•Choose whether you'd like to sync your contacts. This may help you find Twitter followers, but if you don't want to, just tap ‘not now’.

•Search for interests e.g. sport. This will help Twitter recommend good profiles for you to follow.

•Twitter will suggest some accounts you can follow based on your interests. Choose ones that you think are interesting.

•You’re now ready to Tweet! Just click on the blue button on the top right to tweet, the grey silhouette on the top left to change your profile picture and settings, and start tweeting!

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How to use TwitterClick to read

•Twitter is great for finding out the latest news – many big news stories break on Twitter.

•It is a place to chat with friends and to interact with people you follow e.g. journalists, musicians, sports people etc.

•Remember – it is public!

•Your tweets can have photos and links as well as text.

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The language of TwitterClick to read

•Using @ is when you include somebody's @twittername in the tweet. The person will get a notification that you have mentioned them.

•RT means ‘retweet’. You can RT by either repost their tweet, or you can add a comment.

•DM means Direct Message. It allows you to chat in private.

•Hashtag # - A word or phrase preceded by the # symbol is highlighting a key word and allows you to search for that term.

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Breaking NewsClick to read

The crash news hit Twitter

a full 15 minutes before the

mainstream media got hold

of the story

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Other Benefits…Click to read

•Use Twitter to raise awareness/build an online community for a cause you may be interested in.

•Twitter can support increased citizen engagement.

•Twitter can gain media attention/increase support – remember the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’? (ALS donations from the ice bucket challenge were $15.6m, up from $1.8m for same period prev. year).

•Initiatives: