As the viral presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were coming to a dramatic end, I took the opportunity to create a viral campaign of my own, based on an original meme about the election. This election has spurred a huge conversation about who and what represents America, therefore I figured people could […]
Read more "Let’s Go Viral"Objective I marketed my meme because many people get annoyed with all of the political discussion that takes place on social media. I believe this meme speaks to this annoyance and frustration of social media goers during the 2016 presidential election. This election had me like… View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com […]
Read more "Political Expert? I Think Not"Aside from being a misogynistic, racist bigot, if Trump can't stop himself from tweeting insults, how can he run America? #NotMyPresident — Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) November 11, 2016 #NotMYPresident #HillaryClinton will NEVER be President- let that sink in and celebrate! https://t.co/Oj98iIxEAZ pic.twitter.com/I5kqTehh7t — BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) November 13, 2016 Twitter censors pro-Trump trends but allows […]
Read more "#NotMyPresident"The #DakotaAccessPipeline refers to the constant tension in favor and against the $3.7 million pipeline project close to the Native Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pipeline project would carry over 450 thousand barrels of oil from North Dakota to Illinois, where it would connect to other pipelines. There are mostly two sides […]
Read more "#DakotaAccessPipeline"On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. People took to Twitter to express their surprise and emotions, and many of them used #POTUS to enter into discussion about the future president of the United States. Some of Donald Trump’s supporters were happy about the results, and […]
Read more "The Presidential Election and #POTUS Reactions"Geography: View post on imgur.com The Geography search for #Rio2016 shows the vast geographic audience of the Olympics. Although the hashtag was used in many areas of the world, some areas had a greater amount of activity. The United States, Western Europe, and the coast of South America had the greatest amount of activity with […]
Read more "#Rio2016: Connecting An International Twitter Community"The world came together in Rio de Janeiro this summer for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Team USA made its country proud by earning 121 medals, but national pride was overshadowed when Ryan Lochte and three other members of Team USA lied about being robbed at gunpoint by Rio police (full story here). When news […]
Read more "#Lochtegate: The Web of Lies"Context: The hashtag analyzed below is #ItCanWait. This hashtag is intended to promote the end of distracted driving. #ItCanWait is part of AT&T’s campaign which allows people to “take the pledge” to end distracted driving. Our research looked at tweets using the hashtag from 8/1 – 8/3/2016, and examined a global audience. Latest Tweets: The […]
Read more "#ItCanWait"View post on imgur.com The “geography” map on Sysomos analyzes where Twitter users are located when they mention the keyword being tracked. When analyzing #KimKardashian, the majority of the tweets using this hashtag were sent from the United States during the selected time frame. Kim Kardashian is an American celebrity and so most of her […]
Read more "Sysomos Analytics #KimKardashian"Because of the worldwide prevalence of the 2016 Olympic Games that took place in Rio, Brazil in August, we decided to track the usage of #Olympics across various digital platforms, primarily Twitter. We immediately noticed the 15.9 million hashtag mentions on Twitter, with significantly lower numbers of mentions across blogs, forums, and news sources. Latest Activity: Latest Activity […]
Read more "How the #Olympics Won August’s Hashtag Race"