Since November 9th, 2016 there has been an outbreak of emotions in response to the Presidential Election that was between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Some took the news of Trumps victory quite well: A wonderful win for #America congratulations President Trump @realdonaldtrump #PresidentElect #MAGA https://t.co/oVJlCVO1wt — Josh Gill (@imjoshGill) November 9, 2016 #CONGRATULATIONS 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸#PresidentElect […]
Read more "#PresidentElect"After the Presidential Election, one “blue state” has formed it’s own Twitter hashtag in support of a California succession from the Union. Although it sounds grandiose, many Californians feel very passionately about leaving the USA and demonstrators have taken to the streets in protest in addition to taking to the internet. Two opposing views I found interesting […]
Read more "Blog Post 3: #Calexit"When searching tweets with the hashtag #amazonecho I found many varying opinions on this groundbreaking piece of technology. Much of the recent conversation involved people comparing the Amazon Echo to the new Google Home. While some people are staying loyal to their Echos, others are purchasing the Google Home in order to compare the two smart devices. The […]
Read more "What do people think about Amazon Echo?"As the viral presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were coming to a dramatic end, I took the opportunity to create a viral campaign of my own, based on an original meme about the election. This election has spurred a huge conversation about who and what represents America, therefore I figured people could […]
Read more "Let’s Go Viral"Objective I marketed my meme because many people get annoyed with all of the political discussion that takes place on social media. I believe this meme speaks to this annoyance and frustration of social media goers during the 2016 presidential election. This election had me like… View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com […]
Read more "Political Expert? I Think Not"Aside from being a misogynistic, racist bigot, if Trump can't stop himself from tweeting insults, how can he run America? #NotMyPresident — Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) November 11, 2016 #NotMYPresident #HillaryClinton will NEVER be President- let that sink in and celebrate! https://t.co/Oj98iIxEAZ pic.twitter.com/I5kqTehh7t — BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) November 13, 2016 Twitter censors pro-Trump trends but allows […]
Read more "#NotMyPresident"The #DakotaAccessPipeline refers to the constant tension in favor and against the $3.7 million pipeline project close to the Native Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pipeline project would carry over 450 thousand barrels of oil from North Dakota to Illinois, where it would connect to other pipelines. There are mostly two sides […]
Read more "#DakotaAccessPipeline"On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. People took to Twitter to express their surprise and emotions, and many of them used #POTUS to enter into discussion about the future president of the United States. Some of Donald Trump’s supporters were happy about the results, and […]
Read more "The Presidential Election and #POTUS Reactions"Geography: View post on imgur.com The Geography search for #Rio2016 shows the vast geographic audience of the Olympics. Although the hashtag was used in many areas of the world, some areas had a greater amount of activity. The United States, Western Europe, and the coast of South America had the greatest amount of activity with […]
Read more "#Rio2016: Connecting An International Twitter Community"The world came together in Rio de Janeiro this summer for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Team USA made its country proud by earning 121 medals, but national pride was overshadowed when Ryan Lochte and three other members of Team USA lied about being robbed at gunpoint by Rio police (full story here). When news […]
Read more "#Lochtegate: The Web of Lies"