Author: Koreen Schneur

Influencer Growth and Analysis

I had originally created a new Twitter account solely for class, since I had deleted my previous Twitter account two years ago. I started off with zero followers at the beginning of the semester, and ended up with 13 followers and 25 following. 90% of my followers are my peers from class, and the 25 […]

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Blog 3 Post

I looked up the hashtag #HistoryWillRememberDonaldTrump as the relevant discussion as his impeachment stays a national current news topic. This hashtag was also on the trending page on 11/19/19. Here are the following 6 tweets.

Most of these tweets fall into the same category: those in support of his impeachment. I found two tweets that show support towards Donal Trump, which has proven in the past to be risky when discussing support towards the President on a social platform through the current times. This shows that the opinion about our current President is still divided in the country, and even though his secrets and scandals have been exposed and covered by the press, some choose to stick by him while others show their support towards impeachment. Personal opinions aside, those who seem to support him stick to the facts, while those who long for impeachment look beyond the facts and more towards his character and his actions and behaviors on top of what he hasn’t done for our country and the negativity he has brought to the image of our country.

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Viral Content Challenge

For my viral meme, I decided to use a public figure who is known to say whatever is on his mind that is found to be both relevant and good points, but also funny in a way. Kanye West is a musician and public figure that is known to speak his mind. The fact that he is a global icon also gave the meme more relevancy because people immediately know what kind of content he posts or who he is. I thought to use something about social media because almost everyone who is on Imgur uses social media and could maybe relate to the content the meme hints at. Originally, I posted my meme on Twitter, and followed up with a retweet after 3 days. Then, I posted on my instagram for the class, and actually received a message from a meme account saying they found my meme great! What worked for me to promote my meme was sending the link to my friends through groupme, (a communication group app), sharing the link on my main instagram account, and tweeting it to my personal twitter account. The objective was to get a reaction from anyone who saw. I noticed my view count and up arrow count grew after I had posted the link onto my Facebook as well as my main instagram account. I had a little bit of issues with sending the link to people, as I got many responses saying they cannot access the up arrow feature because many people did not have a Imgur account. But, this did help my view count go up regardless. Using hashtags such as #meme, #funny, #lol and #imgur may have helped my Imgur meme become more relevant and viewable to others looking for some funny memes.

Imgur link below

lonely boy hours 

Total views: 361

Up arrows: 9

I received 9 up arrows on my meme, and on Twitter I received a like from someone I do not personally know or follow. Since creating my original meme, this was the third and final. I had put my first image on Imgur and people seemed to not get it as much as this meme. I chose this meme because it received the most positive reactions from those I know personally and those I do not. What I would have done if I had to redo the assignment is create my first original meme that doesn’t necessarily align with my own personal humor (which is dry and sarcastic) to something that a broader more general crowd could understand in order to gain more positive traction.

 

 

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Social Media vs. Viral Hoax

The internet is a blackhole full of information, content and people that create a culture within our society. Internet hoaxes have become a common theme within all aspects of social platforms. Why? There are many theories. My own personal theory aligns with what most people would first think of; to gain attention and have a […]

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