Influencer and Top 10 Tweets

Influencer Growth I started this semester off with 581 Twitter followers and ended with 645, an increase of 64 followers. While the follower increase is respectable, I was hoping to gain more followers than I actually did. I think I saw the biggest follower increase when tweeting about something with a trending topic or weekly […]

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Sad Otto: Viral Content Challenge

We all can relate to feeling sad after our favorite sports team loses. That was the inspiration behind the Sad Otto, who couldn’t handle the heartbreaking Final Four loss and then the National Championship loss. Sad Otto The original tweet also focused on talking about the weather. This weather means a Sad Otto https://t.co/KSXwyhc5na #NHsmc […]

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Rewire

“Our challenge is not access to information; it is the challenge of paying attention.” In Chapter 1 of Rewire, Ethan Zuckerman discusses global epidemics such as SARS and political uprisings like the Arab Spring. Zuckerman outlines the role social media had while these events were unfolding to the general public. He argues that because so much more […]

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