Using Twitter to Express Feelings

Abstract

The advances in technology have changed the way people express themselves, especially their feelings. The changes of the way people express their feelings by using social media have shifted people’s preferences in expressing feelings. Twitter was one of the social media used by people to express their opinions, experiences even their feelings. This research will focus specifically to identify why people choose Twitter to express their feelings and how Twitter's features help expressing these feelings. This research employed a phenomenology approach which focuses specifically describing on how people express their feelings through their experiences. The researcher conducted the in-depth interview with six informants, consisted of three males and three females. The informants have been selected because they understood about the topic and actively use Twitter as a platform to express their feelings. Academically, this study will have the significance of understanding the use of Twitter as a social media platform to express someone’s feelings.