Internet hoaxes are weird. They occupy our minds for maybe a week (if they’re lucky), and then they’re gone. Some people liken them to fake news, but to me they are even less than that. They are not trying to spread false information about a certain politician or get people to vote for a certain […]
Read more "NHsmc Blog Post 1"As individuals become more able to contribute to social media, internet hoaxes have become more easily spreadable. I’m sure people have different reasonings for starting internet hoaxes. Some may start them experimentally—just how far can one rumor spread? They might want to test the boundaries of social media and see if they can create a […]
Read more "Internet Hoaxes: Vicious or Harmless?"Psychologist John M. Gottman has been studying the psychology of relationships and their likelihood of success for over 40 years. Throughout his career, he has developed the ability to predict – with a 90% accuracy – the likelihood that a marriage will last beyond the fourth year. Pretty impressive, if you ask me. So, how […]
Read more "How Our Innate Biology Leads to Internet Hoaxes"Today’s society is based off of this game of likes, and whoever achieves the highest amount of likes, as well as outreach, wins. People will do anything to get there, even if it means tricking others in order to personally achieve this new found success. Social media hoaxes may seem harmless on the surface, but […]
Read more "Will You Click This Link?"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 […]
Read more "Social Media vs. Viral Hoax"Influence Follower Count 8/29: 130 11/28: 193 Percentage Growth: 48.46% What Worked and What Didn’t Work While looking back at my twitter analytics a few thinks that seemed to work was tapping into my followers and figure out what they like and tailoring my posts to their preferences. This helped increase engagement which helps to […]
Read more "Personal Influencer Growth and Analysis"When I first created my professional Twitter and Instagram account for this course I couldn’t wait. From both my Twitter and Instagram accounts, I learned how to effectively utilize engagement tools. I learned from actively posting on my accounts what worked and what didn’t work. From the number of retweets and comments I received, I learned […]
Read more "My Personal Influence Growth and Top 10 Tweets/Posts"Influence Social Media, specifically Twitter, has consumed my generation and will continue to do so for generations to come. Twitter was never a platform that I was all that familiar with. In high school, I created an account for a short period of time. I found myself to never use it and shortly after deactivated […]
Read more "Personal Influence Growth and Analysis & Top 10 Tweets/Posts"So, my twitter account is a second twitter account I used to use for more of my niche comic/television show interests. I came back to the account for this class and started with 57 followers and ended with 82 followers. I think what helped with my tweets was tweeting about positivity. I think the world […]
Read more "The Life and Times of @nayasnook"Between Aug. 29, 2018 and Nov. 28, 2018 my Twitter — which I started for this class, separate of a professional account — gained 19 followers. Overall, looking at the entire semester, tweets that performed well on my account (@OgozalekSam) were connected to people I knew either at The Daily Orange, where I work, or […]
Read more "Ogozalek’s reflections on a semester of COM 427"