Twitterviews

Not sure if this is a new term in the English language, but if it is it's going to stick. George Stephanopolous (jeez, hard spell!) is doing a Twitterview with John McCain on Tuesday of next week. Q and A is still going to be limited to the 140 char max so should be a really interesting study in the extent to which message really is medium.

If done correctly, this is just a fantastic example of how different communication types (e.g. public two party interview) can traverse technologies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_en_ot/twitter_stephanopoulos_mccain

One issue I have with the approach is that you actually have to follow both George and John in order to see the interview. Seems a more persistent relationship than I'd have hoped when all I want is the transactional value of seeing the Twitterview.