The Chicago Tribune is keeping newspapers alive through social media.

      The Chicago Tribune is the largest newspaper in Illinois. Each and every household has a copy laying on their porch when they wake up in the morning. According to the NodeXL gallery, the Chicago Tribune registered over 11,000 tweets between October 9th when the data started and October 17th when the data closed. In other words, the Chicago Tribune was mentioned, tagged, or commented on twitter 11,000 times over 8 days. Since Chicago is a big media outlet, this data is not surprising.

     
Searching through the NodeXL, I'm shocked at how much people interact through social media. This data from the Chicago Tribune is just one example of how much something is tweeted or posted about. Newspapers are struggling to stay afloat in today's society, where iPads and iPhones are changing the way people get their news. Newspapers are slowing disappearing from our everyday lives. The irony lies in the fact that Twitter may be running them out of business, yet it could possibly be the only thing keeping them alive. The Chicago Tribune was tweeted over 11,000 times in one week. That means this newspaper still means something to these people even though they might not be reading it on paper. Newspapers like the Chicago Tribune are finding new ways to promote an distribute their news to cope with the fact that social media is taking over society.