Part 1 At the beginning of this course, I had 326 Twitter followers. By the conclusion of the course, I had 337. This gave me a percentage of growth of about 3.37 %. What worked for me following those 11 people was when I tweeted about Syracuse related topics. I gained a couple followers that […]
Read more "COM 427’s Influence on My Social Media"On April 8th, Bernie Sanders announced the suspension of his 2020 campaign for president as a Democratic hopeful. For his supporters, this was hard news to take in. literallyheartbrokenfor the earthand humanity we needed younow, more than ever#BernieSanders2020 — not rupi kaur 😿 (@notrupi) April 8, 2020 Although I saw it coming, it breaks my […]
Read more "Bernie Sanders: Is This the End of Socialism in America?"Introduction Going viral is a goal that social media users dream of. We’ve all been there. You think of a fire tweet, look it over several times, throw in a couple of hashtags for more engagement, but other people don’t seem to find that tweet as “likebale” as you had hoped. You then lose the […]
Read more "How Hard is it to Make a Meme Go Viral?"When we searched #NotAgainSU and NotAgainSU, we found a dramatic spike in the number tweets posted on February 18th. On this day, Syracuse University’s administration started handing out suspensions to more than 30 students involved with the #NotAgainSU sit-in at Crouse Hinds Hall. The latest tweets since last Tuesday, the 18th, consisted of updates from […]
Read more "Making of a Movement: The #NotAgainSU movement’s impact on Twitter"This video explains what the next cartoon movie Disney will be making into a film. It also explains the premise of the movie, Mulan. The next movie that Disney will be remastering into a film, from its original cartoon version, is Mulan. The story of Mulan takes place in China, where the Chinese are being attacked […]
Read more "Disney: Transforming Cartoons into Real Life Films"According to Merriam-Webster.com, the definition of a meme is as follows, “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture”. To me, a meme is a way for an individual to comically mimic a current event, or something about their personal life, to make more relatable with friends and […]
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