Growing My Influence I started the semester with 144 followers on Twitter. I created my account in December of 2013 and used the account sporadically throughout the first six months that I created it. It was not until I got to college that I started using Twitter multiple times a week. Immersed in journalism classes […]
Read more "Semester Recap: Growing My Influence and My Top 10 Tweets & Posts"In August 2017 a memo that was circulating internally throughout Google was released to the public. The multi-page document included a manifesto by the author, James Damore, detailing the diversity and inclusion policies in place and offering his commentary about their shortcomings as he perceived them. The memo gained attention primarily because of Damore’s pseudo-science […]
Read more "The Aftermath of the #GoogleMemo"Objectives Obtain at least 500 views of the meme on Imgur. Get at least 5 likes on the Tweets posted to my Twitter profile Have at least two real life friends also share the meme to their own personal social media profiles Imgur Meme Twitter Webcard Hate eating alone? Me too! https://t.co/jgtOqnotxX — Megan Swanson […]
Read more "Viral Content Challenge Campaign Analysis"When should you use the word affect and when should you use the word effect? In this short video, I explain their definitions and give some examples of when you should use either one!
Read more "Should I use “affect” or “effect?”"It is easy to think of social media as something that is bringing the world closer together. It is definitely the intended purpose of social media (especially as it is stated in Facebook’s most recent mission statement) and I know several friendships and relationships that would not exist if not for social media. Today’s social […]
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