Since August 29, 2018 I have gained 16 followers on Twitter, leading to a 5.8% growth in my Twitter following. I began the semester with 275 followers, and currently have 291. I believe that the biggest influence booster that I recognized was word of mouth or retweets by my friends. When my audience was expanded […]

Part 1: When I first started this class, I had 1,313 followers on Twitter. All 1,313 of them were my pride and joy and showed the triumphs of a teenage era born out of social media. It took six years of fandoms and development in my voice to grow that following. The interesting part of […]

In the fall semester of 2018 I took a course in social media for communicators. One of the objectives of this course was to build an audience and influence on Twitter. I started the course with my personal Twitter account and a follower count of 98. At the end of the course, I had gained […]

Influence Analysis Before attending the Newhouse Social Media Class I was honestly never really interested in using Twitter actively. Even though I knew about the platform’s significance for professional uses, I rather used platforms like Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook. Therefore, I started with 0 followers at the start of the course on August 29th. By November […]

Part 1 Followers as of 8/29: 26 Followers as of 11/28: 76 Percent of growth: 192% What worked: I think that tweets that people could relate to garnered the most impressions and engagement overall. Tweets that talked about my day, often talking about school, were relatable to my followers, who are also mainly students. In […]

INFLUENCE: When beginning the course on 8/29, my follower count was 297 and now on 11/28 is 328, which is a growth increase of 10.43%. WHAT WORKED: The 31 followers that I gained are majority current Newhouse students, both in the class and outside, faculty, or organizations. Using a previously activated account allowed me to […]

Part 1: Influence I’m proud enough to admit this whole Twitter thing might not be my cup of tea… at least not right away. I started the semester (8/29) with 84 followers and to date have accumulated a whopping 4 followers to get me to 88! While this growth of 4.76% isn’t astronomical by any […]

Part 1: As someone who hasn’t used Twitter in five years, I had some learning and catching up to do. From what I remembered, the platform pretty much looked the same as it did five years ago, but my network had drastically changed; this is why I decided to create a new Twitter account to […]