Gourmet food trucks, popular in many American cities, are using Twitter to share location and create hipster buzz. Starbucks uses Twitter to run contests and spread free samples of new products. These examples demonstrate the use of Twitter as a(n): Group of answer choices effective tool for quickly blasting queries seeking insights and solutions to problems. source of breaking news on current events and warning mechanisms. support mechanism for activism, pushing for social change. means for soliciting customer complaints and representations. legitimate business tool.

An important source of public scrutiny is "watchdogs." these are: the efforts of a firm's competitors, including how often the competitors attack the firm's strategies. taxpayer-supported government agencies that limit a firm's ability to compete in foreign markets. companies designated by the government to only produce products that support the government defense program. socially conscious groups that make it their mission to measure the social responsibility levels of businesses, and provide consumers with their opinions about the level of corporate responsibility of various companies.