Social media has enabled me to communicate with friends and family regardless of our geographic locations. I use social media as a tool to showcase my skill set to potential employers and clients. Because of this, I am motivated to constantly create content and find ways to get my name out there in a way […]
Read more "Communicating through Screens"There’s something ironic about live tweeting, and snapchat stories. They’re all about living in the moment and using technology to share those moments with others- but when you really think about it, they’re about being anywhere but where you are. I took a trip across Europe and I realized that because of social media I rarely live in the […]
Read more "#notlivinginthemoment"The hashtag #YesAllWomen started on Twitter as a social media campaign for women to share stories and examples of misogyny and violence against women. A Sysomos MAP analysis shows how much of an impact #YesAllWomen had on the conversation of modern-day gender discrimination. The most retweeted Tweet: #YesAllWomenpic.twitter.com/I3acfzwfWz — Feminist Culture (@feministculture) December 20, 2015 […]
Read more "#YesAllWomen – Story Behind the Hashtag"I began the semester with roughly 80 Twitter followers and through some carefully crafted tweets and engagements on social media, as of this morning I have 200 followers. There were some tweets that worked more effectively than others. Here are the 10 most influential tweets using the #NHsmtp #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty 90 years young, 90 years #onfleek […]
Read more "Amanda’s Top 10 Influencers"These are my top 10 tweets of the semester. Overall, I’m not surprised these were the top ten, because most of them are responses to things happening or I was engaging in an event, hashtag, or with someone. Usually, I include hashtags in important tweets (for example, when doing travel tuesday I will tag it […]
Read more "Top 10 Tweets"I was scrolling through Twitter this morning and saw this tweet from a Huffington Post reporter: WaPo was rumored to be a Pulitzer finalist for police shootings series. Apparently, they won https://t.co/IJbGLJTRHx pic.twitter.com/gsRH5Zab6p — Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 18, 2016 With news that the winners had been supposedly leaked, there were mixed feelings. Some were […]
Read more "What are journalists tweeting ahead of the Pulitzer Prize announcements?"As a former gubernatorial re-election campaign staffer, I have seen the impact of voter outreach first-hand. Media richness theory, as discussed in class, explains the effectiveness of different levels of communication with others. There’s the higher richness of speaking person-to-person and the lower level such as sending an email. In today’s day and age, communicating […]
Read more "Media Richness Theory and the 2016 Election – Blog Post 1"Social media has come quite a long way since I was I graduated high school in 2012 let alone the last couple of years. The exponential growth of the Internet and mobile apps has allowed many people to use social media as a way of life now as we embark the year 2016. Snapchat has […]
Read more "How Social Media Has Affected Me"Social media is everywhere. Sometimes where we don’t even notice it. It can be on a screen or, as in “Rewire” by Ethan Zuckerman, it can be in an art gallery. Nearly everyone in the world has been touched by some form of social media at some point, some, more than others. @EthanZ I was amazed […]
Read more "How are modern social media impacting your relationships?"It feels weird to say this, but social media are a part of every relationship in my life. On Facebook, I keep tabs on faraway friends and family. On Instagram and Tumblr, I’m able to reinvigorate my creative side and find inspiration – I guess this would be my relationship with myself and the outside […]
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