Influence Before taking the Social Media for Communicators course, I did not think about updating my Twitter account. For many years, my Twitter account was for personal use, until I was midway through college. While I did change my retweeted content to be more entertainment and digital media-based, I did not implement any other social […]
Read more "Influencer Analysis: Then and Now"In the midst of today’s current climate with COVID-19, social distancing and the hard work going into finding a cure, President Barack Obama announced on social media his endorsement for Joe Biden. I’m proud to endorse my friend @JoeBiden for President of the United States. Let's go: https://t.co/maHVGRozkX — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 14, 2020 […]
Read more "Thanks, Obama"Background President Donald Trump announced on March 29th that he would be extending social distancing guidelines for at least another month, specifically until April 30th. The next time we could be outside and live a normal life again is possibly in May. Every year when the month of May approaches, memes would surface on social […]
Read more "It’s Gonna Be May"On Feb. 20th, 2020, an Australian news channel NITV tweeted a feature story of 9-year-old Quaden Bayles after a viral video of himself crying circled around Facebook. The video, which was filmed by his mom Yarraka Bayles, showed Quaden hysterically sobbing about bullies making fun of his condition – achondroplasia. He explicitly cried out, “I […]
Read more "Quaden Bayles – A Scammer?"Memes have become a popular form of communication for society when everything turned digital. To put it simply – a meme is usually in the form of an image or video that makes fun of an idea. For example, here is a meme that I shared on Facebook: I shared this meme with my Facebook […]
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