The “OK Boomer” hashtag has been circulating around Twitter, resulting in a clear divide between Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, and Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1965. The hashtag highlights millennials’ perceived feelings of judgment, negative attitudes, and outdated opinions among the baby boomers. The tweets surrounding the issue have covered a variety […]
Read more "Is The Phrase “OK Boomer” Okay To Say?"On November 18, Burger King was sued by a vegan customer who accused the restaurant of contaminating its Impossible Whopper, meatless version of their Whopper, by cooking them on the same grills as their meat burgers. The lawsuit is seeking damages for all U.S. purchasers of the Impossible Whopper, as well as an injunction that […]
Read more "Twitter Users Split Over #ImpossibleWhopper Lawsuit"Jack Douglass, known on his social platforms and primary media outlet of YouTube as Jacksfilms, is a YouTube content creator who creates content ranging from meme discussions to parodies. Douglass posted to his Twitter account @jacksfilms with 1.8 million followers stating “summarize the 2010s… in just 4 words. Use #YIAY10s so I can find ya” […]
Read more "Do Memes Represent The 2010s?"The Launch of Disney+ (blog post 3) Disney+, the American subscription based streaming service was launched for the pleasure of the public on November 12th. Below are six tweets that reflect the feelings/emotions circulating its initial release and how it is performing thus far. Negative tweets: Things we need from #DisneyPlus – A “Continue Watching” […]
Read more "The Launch of Disney+"On November 14th, 2019, there was yet another school shooting. This time in Los Angeles, at Saugus High School. Authorities identified the perpetrator as Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow, a 16- year-old junior at the school. Today's shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita is devastating. It is unbearable to see children cut down in the […]
Read more "#GunControl"The long-awaited Disney+ finally launched on November 12, 2019. Fans were very disappointed, though, when the streaming services malfunctioned. The hashtag #DisneyPlusfail started trending as people were Tweeting about the issues they were experiencing. STOP CRASHING #DisneyPlus IM IN DESPERATE NEED OF RELIVING MY CHILDHOOD. #DisneyPlusfail — kittenkweeen (@jade_lillies) November 13, 2019 Thanks for making […]
Read more "Disney+ Not So Magical"The point of contention that I have chosen to analyze on Twitter is gun control. In light of the mass shootings that occurred both over the weekend and today, I thought this would be a timely discussion. Twitter has been lighting up with tweets pertaining to gun control and calling for reform. As exemplified below, […]
Read more "Gun reform: if not now, when?"The trending hashtag #ChickFilA comes from the announcement that the company will stop funding towards the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army, organizations that have criticized LGBTQIA+ allies. The verified Chick-fil-A twitter handle has not tweeted about this press release. Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos said in an exclusive interview with […]
Read more "#ChickFilA announced that it will no longer provide funding or donations to anti-LGBTQ groups."While browsing Twitter today I noticed the most trending hashtag happened to be #ChikFilA. After reading numerous tweets I learned about the issue at hand and am not surprised about the amount of controversy this topic is getting. To summarize, Chick-Fil-A has always had a reputation of being against the LGBTQ community and were supported […]
Read more "Chick-Fil-A’s Breaking News"This year, we have discussed what it means to “go viral” and how making something go viral uses a few key strategic steps that help you appeal to whatever audience you are trying to reach. I decided to create a meme in order to see what I could do to make it go viral, using […]
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