Author: Erin Gallagher

Top Ten Tweets Assingment

Part 1 At the beginning of this course, I chose to start a new Twitter account. I did this because I wanted to create a professional Twitter account that employers would be impressed with. I grew my following to 27 followers since I started from scratch in September which is a 100% increase. My Klout […]

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Creating Awareness with #MeToo

As 2017 comes to a close and society moves forward in a “Post Weinstein Era”, the hashtag #MeToo continues to gain popularity. This movement is seen as a medium to share stories of sexual abuse. #MeToo actually serves as a vehicle to give people the sense of the magnitude of the sexual abuse epidemic.  Most […]

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Viral Content Challenge

Objective: My objective for this viral content challenge was to create content that instills a sense of sympathy, humor, and stress relief among college students. I wanted to target the college audience that is in the age range of 18-23. This audience is hardworking and always looking for opportunities to do better. The purpose of […]

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#HurricaneIrma

Research by: Erin Gallagher and Madi Van Den Eynde Through the word cloud, it is clear that when Hurricane Irma hit people were worried about people’s safety and stressing the fact that this was a strong storm. Twitter was used as a way to spread awareness regarding the impact Irma was going to have on […]

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Should You Go Paleo?

In this video, I explain how the Paleo Diet works. I also give information on how to modify the diet to fit your needs accordingly. I hope you enjoy and if you try the diet, let me know your experience in the comments!

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Bridging the Distance

Social media: the thing our parents always told us to get off of at the dinner table. But today social media plays a bigger, more important role in our daily lives. It is bringing the distance and bringing the world together with the goal of making a difference.

Mark Zuckerberg briefly touched on this at the Facebook Community Summit. He says that in the next generation our greatest opportunities and challenges we can only take on together. Social media gives users the opportunity to support each other and give assurance that nobody is alone.

Support is more evident than ever on social media since the virtual Hurricane Harvey relief movement. From rescue requests to real-time up updates of where people can find food and shelter, social media saved lives in Texas during the devastating August 2017 storm.

This woman tweeted a plea for help when her family was in danger during the storm. The coast guard responded and added her to the rescue list.

 

The USCG of Heartland tweeted what to do during the storm to stay safe:

Though these examples show the positive side of social media, the storm also presented the negative effects. The spread of misinformation and doctored images is always a problem during crisis times, such as one that resurfaced during Harvey showing a shark swimming on a flooded highway.

If social media keeps coming together during these crisis times, all users have the power to be a leader. And if enough of us work together to bring each other together, the world can be changed.

 

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