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Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Do Vermont social media users care?

A screen of a smart phone showing four social media apps: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook
Matthew Smith
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VPR
How do you use social media? This hour, "Vermont Edition" looks at the purchase of social media platform Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, and explores questions about how and why we use social media today.

The billionaire entrepreneur says free speech is motivating his purchase. This hour, we talk with a CNN reporter about the Twitter sale and discuss the role social media plays in our lives today and if the sale matters to Vermont social media users.

Our guests are:

  • , a reporter for , who explains Musk's purchase of Twitter
  • Sophia Rabe, founder and CEO of , a Burlington-based social media marketing and strategy company
  • Paul Argenti, a professor of corporate communications at the
  • Matty Benedetto, who uses multiple social media platforms and websites to share his

Broadcast live on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.
Matt Smith worked for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.