Hashtag Reasons To Vote For Democrats Shows Up On Twitter

Recently, I saw that #ReasonsToVoteForDemocrats was showing up on Twitter. The trend comes from a tweet written by Donald Trump in which he mentions a book with the name “Reasons To Vote For Democrats” by Michael J. Knowles. In the tweet, Trump describes the work as “A great book for your reading enjoyment:”. According to […]

#DPRK: International Relations on Social

One of my main uses for Twitter is to find a range of views on international events. As an International Relations major who intends to work for the UN or global media outlets, I utilize the real-time nature of my Twitter feed to serve as a launching pad to learn what people are talking about. In recent days, […]

Designated Hitter: What do people think?

The designated hitter rule is extremely controversial in baseball. In the American League, pitchers don’t hit. A designated hitter hits for them. In the National League, pitchers do hit. Some people, like this individual, think the DH is fine the way it is now. They think the AL can keep it, but the NL should […]

Twitter Conversation: #BerkeleyProtests

In recent news, there was a gathering of Trump supporters in Berkeley, California for a ‘Patriot Day.’ Counter protesters showed up shortly after word of the gathering and police were stationed and ready for whatever could happen. Before turning violent, counter protesters were sending encouraging messages and spreading positivity. Just another #mondaymotivation in #berkeleyprotests #homesnotdrones […]

Conti’s Viral Content

“You need to do some meme research,” was not the first thing I would expect to come out of the mouth of one of my professors at the Newhouse School. But then again, this is 2017, this is public communication, and especially in the context of COM 427 – anything goes. Sometimes you need to push […]

Petty Memes

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Social Media Reaction to the New Pepsi Ad

On Tuesday, April 4th evening, the Pepsi launched a new commerical on Youtube, which draw many controversial commends. The commercial appears to draw inspiration from the countless marches and protests that have taken place recently, with one of the most popular celebrity, Kendall Jenner as the main figure, who handing a police office a can […]

Weekend Reaction: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

This past Friday, Kendrick Lamar released his latest full length album, DAMN. The 14 track album distinguishes itself from the rest of Lamar’s discography with its own distinct sound. As expected, the rapper’s huge fanbase quickly reacted all over Twitter as soon as the album released. Fans quickly gave the album high praise as they […]

How to Continue Jackie Robinson’s Legacy

Jackie Robinson is not only one of the most influential figures in baseball history, but in American history in itself. Seventy years ago on April 15th, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues. Every year from there on out now is known throughout the […]

Does Big Little Lies Deserve Another Season?

Recently, HBO came out with a new mini-series called Big Little Lies and it was considered to be a hit. The show, based off of the book, Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty, starred Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shaliene Woodley, and Laura Dern, just to name a few of the incredible and powerful women who appeared in […]