Stop Trying to Make Culture Appropriation Happen. It’s Not Going to Happen.

They say that imitation is the most sincere of flattery. Well, not when it comes to imitating another’s culture. In recent years, cultural appropriation has become a trending topic and for good reason. However, very few people actually understand what exactly is culture appropriation and why some people find it so offensive. It’s time for […]

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To Eat or Not To Eat: Tide Pods

By: Megan Kelly, Sarah Mullarkey, Viveca Ortiz-Torres, Anne Arthur Sysomos Search: Latest Activity: Procter & Gamble stated that it would not be removing Tide Pods from shelves after a Twitter account, not associated with Tide, tweeted that Tide would be removing Tide Pods from shelves starting February 1st. According to the latest activity, “tide pod” […]

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Analyzing #BlackPanther

Before the Film’s premiere, the most retweeted tweet was the reaction of the students at Ron Clark Academy when they found out they were going to see #BlackPanther. These students just found out they’re all going to see #BlackPanther and they snapped. 😂 pic.twitter.com/h6j6H2dHnl — Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 2, 2018 This excitement can be […]

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The Second Biggest Selfie on Twitter

(after Ellen DeGeneres, of course) We chose to analyze tweets about the “Selfie Kid” during the Super Bowl from February 1st-8th. Our search boolean was “selfie kid” AND “super bowl.” By utilizing Sysomos and the Twitter widgets “Latest Activity”, “Geography”, “Word Cloud” and “Buzzgraph”, we came to interesting conclusions about social media activity pertaining to […]

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