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Tweeting the 126th Annual AHA Meeting

Following the AHA’s 126th annual meeting this year on Twitter, through over 4,500 tweets, was fascinating. Attendees, as well as those following along from home, connected with other participants, shared links to resources and thoughts on sessions, and gave a dynamic glimpse into the various events and conversations going on at the meeting.

When Twitter first came online in 2006, many of its critics saw it as a place for inane personal updates. And while that is certainly still the case for some users, Twitter has also developed into a tool for communicating ideas and creating scholarly debate.

The AHA joined Twitter in 2010, and first used an official annual meeting hashtag (#AHA2011) for the 125th annual meeting. While a good number of conference attendees tweeted the meeting in 2011, this year’s Twitter coverage was exponentially larger. Historian Sharon Howard has aggregated and archived tweets using the #AHA2012 and #AHA12 hashtags and made them available here....

Read entire article at AHA Blog