Within this current administration, there has been a high amount of discourse with some of the decisions President Donald Trump has made. The Media Richness Theory is basically the way we convey information and in what capacity. In this blog, I wanted to focus on the two elected officials in particular and their communication efforts, […]
Read more "Media Richness Associated with the Elected Officials"Each year more and more people are turning to the internet to create discussions and get their ideas across. It’s also the source where most people receive information, whether it be news or updates on people’s lives, it’s being posted. This has both negative and positive factors for political leaders. A politician can surpass the […]
Read more "Social media can make or break a political campaign"There’s no doubt that social media had a huge impact on the 2017 Presidential Election and the events that followed it. Candidates used Twitter to lash out at one another, protestors connected on Facebook and Twitter to start a movement, and the newly inaugurated President Trump continued to use his personal Twitter to openly discuss […]
Read more "Media Richness & Social Media for Dummies: Elected Officials Edition"It’s not a good start to be labeled as an incompetent before a new job, especially when being the new Education Secretary. The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVos) as President Trump’s education secretary on Feb 7th. Her confirmation was quite controversial. From her current media presence, she is considered as a billionaire who has no […]
Read more "Survive on social media when people don’t welcome you"Democracy lives online. As an elected official, social media allows you to educate and build a strong following on the issues you are passionate about. It also gives you the opportunity to influence members of the public and showcase your political knowledge. Follow these tips to gain an edge in your social media communications. 1. […]
Read more "How to Gain an Edge as a Elected Official on Social Media"This recent election was more social media friendly than past elections. The 45th President, who shall remain nameless until 2020, had some rather friendly Twitter fingers but lacked when it came to the face to face engagement and dialogue. From my understanding, media richness conveys rich information through face to face interactions and documents, not […]
Read more "Media Richness & Political Woes (No Drake Intended)"In the wake of the recent election, Americans learned just how polarized the country was in terms of its ability to deem a person worthy of their vote. Now that this phase is over, it’s time to get the new set of politicians on the hill whipped into shape. Here is my advice to elected […]
Read more "The Tweets Have It"Sitting in my Space and Race, Body and Diversity, and Political Theory courses this semester, I found myself constantly filtering my thoughts as a means to find the ‘right’ words. It’s hard, for the same reasons why Socrates response to Thrasymachus and Glycoth on justice and happiness, the Harvard Implicate Biased test, and Rattansi’s “New Racisms?” have […]
Read more "Filter"If I’m being honest, when I first thought about the affect that social media has had on me, I tend to think negatively. I do think that in a lot of ways, social media has made many people, myself included, more ignorant to our physical environments, antisocial in nature, and grammatically challenged. However, when I think of all […]
Read more "Blog Post 1"Abstract: Many older communications theories and frameworks can be applied to modern advancements in how organizations, brands, and influential people communicate with one another. In this presentation, two theories (the Attraction, Selection, and Attrition Framework and the Psycholinguistics Theory) will be examined and subsequently applied to the recent phenomenon that is “Social Media Influencers.” This presentation […]
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