At the beginning of the semester and before my social media crash course, I had only 103 followers on Twitter. I went on maybe once a week and never tweeted anything. I wouldn’t follow me either. At the end of the semester I’ve grown my follower count to 134 ( a 30.1% increase) and grown […]
Read more "My Twitter Semester"Making a meme go viral is hard… except for when it isn’t. Without universally appealing and hilarious content, this week I learned how hard brands and other content creators work to help their images take over the web. The Objective: To have the Drama Queens meme go viral. To gain views in a medium saturated […]
Read more "Donald Trump x Lindsay Lohan: Automatic Success?"Are colorful, flamboyant dreadlocks on models cultural appropriation? After Marc Jacobs’s high fashion NYFW show, the Twittersphere exploded with criticism for the white designer and his white models, heads topped with piles of neon dreads. #Fashion industry won't hire #blackmodels but will slap dreads on a white girl?BYE,#MarcJacobs!https://t.co/vbvJvSmlhY#diversity #style pic.twitter.com/3HlFoCzjmI — Triston212 (@Triston212) September 19, […]
Read more "#MarcJacobs: Avant Garde or Cultural Appropriation?"How do people really feel about Otto the Orange, Syracuse’s famously juicy mascot?
Read more "Why Squeeze the Orange?"Everyone I know has some form of social media. It’s become so pervasive in our culture that the thought of not having the option to “Facebook” someone to find out who they are, or following your favorite friends and comedians on Twitter is hard to conceive. I am not afraid to leave the uber review […]
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