Over the past semester, I’ve attempted to grow my personal influence on Twitter by posting various types of tweets and was met with mixed result. At the beginning of the semester I had 763 followers and set a goal for myself of 800 by the end. Initially, I thought it was going well. I saw a […]
Read more "David Onoue’s Top 10 Tweets & Analysis"Arturo Di Modica, 76, sculptor of the iconic Charging Bull statue in front of Wall Street isn’t pleased with Fearless Girl. On Wednesday, the sculptor set Twitter on fire when he criticized the statue for changing the positive message of his bull sculpture and turning it into a villain during a news conference. State Street […]
Read more "It’s time for Fearless Girl to take her show on the road"Find out why you can’t call everyone from Hawaii, Hawaiian.
Read more "What Do You Call A Person From Hawaii?"We all know how much you love Twitter Mr. President. Over the course of eight years, you’ve mastered the platform and have managed to become one of the most followed figures. Good for you. But it has done little for you in terms of winning unanimous public support for your travel ban. According to NPR, […]
Read more "If you want to solve problems Mr. President, stop tweeting"This presentation examines two communication theories and its relevance to modern social media. The first is social identity theory, developed by Henri Tajfel and John Turner, which asserts that group membership creates in-group/self-categorization and enhancement in ways that favor the in-group at the expense of the out-group. The second is knowledge gap theory first purposed […]
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