The Kennedy family have created a Twitter account to update people about the news of the memorial and funeral arrangements of Senator Edward Kennedy. The account kennedynews has been added to frequently announcing or describing events since the death of Ted Kennedy 2 days ago. News can be found under the hashtag #tedkennedy

The account is already very active, tweeting out not only news about the family, but information about the motorcade, the time and location of sitting vigils, and even who is currently paying his or her respects to the late Senator.

This is another example of how social media is changing our global communication and how news is now distributed.

Here are a few example tweets:

As of 11:30 pm, the wait to pay respects to Sen. Kennedy is now estimated at four hours.4 minutes ago from web

Senator’s grandson Ted III, Caroline Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy Jr have walked outside and down the line to thank people for coming.about 5 hours ago from web

100 current and former staff members are now paying their final respectsabout 6 hours ago from web

Please RT – follow @kennedynews for official information about memorial and funeral activities for Senator Kennedy. #tedkennedy7:59 PM Aug 26th from web

This is the official account of the Kennedy family and staff. Will be used for info about memorial and funeral activities. #tedkennedy