Royal Baby at the centre of a Twitter storm

July 24, 2013

You could not work in social media this week and miss out on the big news. You could not even be a social media user and miss the news. Yes, the baby was born. And it created a considerable Twitter storm:

One-off events of such significance provide great opportunity to assess the role of social media in the spread of news. They also give us, social media users, a chance to provide our take on a topic that everyone is talking about. I’ve had a look through some of the most interesting tweets over the last couple of days, and picked a couple for your entertainment!

The Impartials

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge emerge from hospital with the royal baby https://t.co/3Qvbo6QRUY — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 23, 2013

The Enthusiasts

Gallery: Crowds wait outside the railings of Buckingham Palace for news of the Royal baby, 22 July 2013. https://t.co/nmM1CfBto6 — TheBritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) July 23, 2013

Lovely news that the Royal Baby has arrived safe and sound – gratitude as ever to doctors, nurses and healthcare workers at a happy time — Sarah Brown (@SarahBrownUK) July 23, 2013

The royal baby is coming & after recent GB sporting success, could he/she be named Chris? Mo? Andy? Or Jess, Nicola, or Laura? #BBCSportsday — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 22, 2013

We were going to make tonight a special royal baby playlist. But, it’s not going to be Prince Zane after all :-/ Nevermind- #goodmusic yeah? — BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) July 23, 2013

I’m so bored now the royal baby’s arrived. It’s hot, my nose is blocked on one side cause of hay fever and i cant sleep. i am srsly grumps. — lilyrosecooper (@lilyrosecooper) July 22, 2013

The Jokers

“@TVKev: Any royal baby updates?” It’s been accepted into Oxford University. — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) July 22, 2013

Been trying to write a joke about the Royal Baby all day, but I keep passing out with boredom — Chris Ramsey (@IAmChrisRamsey) July 22, 2013

Prince Harry is looking forward to the arrival of the Royal Baby. At least then he won’t be the only one running around naked. #royalbaby — Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH) July 20, 2013

I wish I was in England at the moment, so I could not care about the royal baby in my own country #patriotic — Stephen Merchant (@StephenMerchant) July 23, 2013

The Sceptics

I’m patriotically proud of British achievements like Shakespeare, Darwin & DNA fingerprinting. But royal baby nothing to celebrate. — Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) July 23, 2013

This tweet contains absolutely no mention of the royal baby making it – for today at least – utterly unique. What….? ….. oh …… — Rufus Hound (@RufusHound) July 22, 2013

Come on then, tell us what your favourite Royal Baby tweet is! Tweet @JanisZaikovskis and @iftweeter

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