NFL Playoffs Social Media Activity

The graphs and charts used to make these conclusions were all collected from an analysis of social media activity surrounding the NFL playoffs in January. We used Sysomos to analyze the use of the hashtag “#nflplayoffs” at that time. From looking at the social media activity it is interesting to see that most of their […]

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The Day El Chapo Was Caught…Again

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, more commonly known as “El Chapo,” is a Mexican drug lord. He heads the Sinaloa Cartel, which is responsible for roughly one quarter of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. from Mexico. After escaping a maximum security prison in Mexico, El Chapo was recaptured on January 8, 2016, as seen by the below tweet. […]

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Behind the Bern

This year’s election season has been one of bold campaign moves, and not from just one candidate in particular. It’s been an election full of hashtags – #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, #ImWithHer, #FeeltheBern and now, #NeverTrump. Bernie Sanders has been neck and neck with Donald Trump in the hashtag game, with several of his being popular campaign tools. […]

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