Blogging #PlannedParenthood

Pro #PlannedParenthood Please support #PlannedParenthood pic.twitter.com/6nM6UNBeXI — SugarCookie (@TxYankee33) April 9, 2017 A single cell on Mars would be considered life yet a cell in the mothers womb is disposable 🤔🤔@PPact #PlannedParenthood #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/fVkQ6eu31i — Young_Conservative™ (@Steve0423) April 6, 2017 Sexual health is so incredibly important. Whether you realize it or not, #PlannedParenthood positively affects […]

#EverydaySexism

In today’s age of social media it is easy to gain notoriety for social change movements. One topic that has garnered publicity during the last decade is the issue of sexism. Twitter has always been a platform that allows public debate on a wide range of topics, especially through the use of hashtags. Sexism is […]

#13ReasonsWhy

13 Reasons Why has become the most tweeted about Netflix show ever. According to my calculations: ∆ = b² – 4 a c -b± √∆x1,8 = ———— 2a 13 reasons why needs a season 2 — Dory (@Dory) April 17, 2017 Based on a popular young adult novel, the show is about a high school […]

Two-part analysis of my social media influence

PART 1: INFLUENCE Followers on 1/20: 0 –> Followers on 4/20: 39 Percent growth (since I started at 0 and that would lead to a % growth that isn’t a real number, let’s say I started with 1): 3,800% Klout score on 1/20: 0 –> Klout score on 4/27: 29 Analysis: My end Klout score […]

Personal Influence Growth and Analysis

When I first started this Social Media Theory & Practice class back in January, I had only one benchmark goal in mind…more followers on Twitter. I’m happy to say that over the course of this semester, I’ve gained 58 followers, growing from 345 to 403. Maybe I’m not a big influencer on Twitter (yet), but according […]

Baby of #AprilTheGiraffe Is Here!

After much anticipation, April, a giraffe at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, N.Y., has given birth to its fourth calf. The (slightly gross) birth of #AprilTheGiraffe pic.twitter.com/beQVmOUuZh — Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) April 15, 2017 Social media has gone wild, with users sharing live streams of the birth and congratulating April. Much jubilation can be inferred […]

Guns don’t kill people – do they?

On April 10th, 2017, Cedric Anderson opened fire inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino, California, killing Karen Smith, whom he was separated from, and one of her young students before turning a revolver on himself. People took to Twitter to express their emotions, and most of them used #SanBernardino to enter into discussion […]

Viral Content Challenge

Social Media Background: I created this post based on my love of pizza and I know I’m not the only one who does. There are many pizza lovers all over the world. There are so many kinds that I enjoy from white to red to pepperoni and sausage. I decided instead of doing my post […]

#Pepsiad Gone Wrong?

Pepsi’s latest advertisement, starring Kendall Jenner, received a variety of reactions from the public. If you haven’t heard about this huge advertising fail, well you’ve probably been living under a rock. Both the actress and soda company were accused of making light of the Black Lives Matter movement while also using social justice to sell […]

A look at the #TaxMarch debate

On April 15, the day traditionally recognized as Tax Day, thousands of protesters gathered in dozens of protests across the United States to pressure President Donald Trump into releasing his tax returns. It has been an issue leading up to and since the election. Even though it’s not required for presidents to release their tax […]

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Month: April 2017