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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

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Jay Rosen

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

I love this phrase “traffic sex work." (Meaning: page view whoring.) That's funny. And apt. Good article: bit.ly/GHsM1D
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Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 21, 2012

Jay Rosen is the professor every college student in the country wishes they had. He understands that a digital revolution is striking all industries, not just journalism, and his ideas of where these trends will take us is fascinating.

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