The point of contention that I have chosen to analyze on Twitter is gun control. In light of the mass shootings that occurred both over the weekend and today, I thought this would be a timely discussion. Twitter has been lighting up with tweets pertaining to gun control and calling for reform. As exemplified below, […]
Read more "Gun reform: if not now, when?"The trending hashtag #ChickFilA comes from the announcement that the company will stop funding towards the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Paul Anderson Youth Home and the Salvation Army, organizations that have criticized LGBTQIA+ allies. The verified Chick-fil-A twitter handle has not tweeted about this press release. Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos said in an exclusive interview with […]
Read more "#ChickFilA announced that it will no longer provide funding or donations to anti-LGBTQ groups."While browsing Twitter today I noticed the most trending hashtag happened to be #ChikFilA. After reading numerous tweets I learned about the issue at hand and am not surprised about the amount of controversy this topic is getting. To summarize, Chick-Fil-A has always had a reputation of being against the LGBTQ community and were supported […]
Read more "Chick-Fil-A’s Breaking News"This year, we have discussed what it means to “go viral” and how making something go viral uses a few key strategic steps that help you appeal to whatever audience you are trying to reach. I decided to create a meme in order to see what I could do to make it go viral, using […]
Read more "Campaign Analysis"The United States Democrat-led House of Representatives is currently leading an investigation on President Donald Trump, sparking from the Ukraine Affair. With many allegations and evidence being held against the president, many Americans are unsure as to how they see the situation playing out as the end of Trumps term rapidly approaches. An updating calculation […]
Read more "#Impeachment (?)"After a multitude of requests, Popeye’s chicken sandwich has been placed back into stores as of early November, 2019. Although Chick-Fil-A has always been known for their famous chicken sandwich, the people of the internet are now debating on which fast food chain has the better sandwich – Popeyes, or Chick-Fil-A by using the hashtags […]
Read more "Popeyes vs. Chick-Fila-A Chicken Sandwich"On November 13, I monitored the hashtag #ImpeachmentDay on Twitter. The majority of the tweets with this hashtag expressed users excitement for the first day of impeachment hearings for President Trump, like Alexis Carter’s tweet below. These users were hopeful and almost confident that Trump would face his fate of impeachment. We've been waiting for […]
Read more "#ImpeachmentDay…or not?"In today’s political climate, it seems like there is more bipartisanship than ever. With the recent election on November 5th, 2019, there have been opposing opinions from the Democratic and Republican parties. There have been specific controversy around the state of Kentucky which is a predominately Republican state. Matt Bevin, previous governor of Kentucky was […]
Read more "Kentucky went blue"Recent news announced that Instagram will be hiding who likes your posted photos. This topic has raised a lot of discussion and controversy. Is this a good or a bad thing for avid Instagrammers? Lots of people are happy about this change: It's nice Instagram will start hiding total number of media likes from […]
Read more "What do you think about this? Editorial Blog"Just last week, ABC broadcasted “The Little Mermaid: LIVE!” from Disney in California. The production was a celebration of the films 30th anniversary and featured celebrities such as Queen Latifah and Shaggy. The event was highly anticipated, but it was not what most people were expecting. For starters, only portions of the event were really […]
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