14. TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

-

 What's Trending?

        Today on Twitter, most of the hashtags or topics that are trending are ones with political intent behind them. This is understandable, seeing that we are in an election year. Both news sources and just regular citizens are being very outspoken on many political topics as we are down to the final days before the 2020 election.

    One of the first hashtags that I saw trending on Twitter is #FloridaForBiden. This hashtag is about how many people in Florida are now pushing for Joe Biden in the Presidential race. I thought this was interesting seeing how Florida has voted in the past. While they have been won by both Democrat and Republican candidates in the past, people commonly see Florida as a red state. If Florida turns blue, this could be a crucial moment in determining who the next President of the United States of America is.


        On the other hand, there is also another hashtag trending that is #Trump2020ToSaveAmerica. It was actually quite difficult to find a post under this hashtag that was actually in support of it. Many people have been tweeting this hashtag but then posting pictures that go against it. For example, one tweet with this hashtag actually had a picture posted that was in support of Joe Biden. However, after scrolling for a little while, I did find a couple posts that were written by Trump supporters and who were in favor of the hashtag. 


      I thought it was interesting to see the amount of rivaling hashtags that are trending, especially ones from different political parties in an election year. I think this is a great example of how social media has become the hotspot for conversations in things as important as politics and elections.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

20. VISUAL JOURNALISM

-
Image
  2020 Passion Conference Passion Website:  https://passionconferences.com/      Passion is a movement that had its first ever meeting in 1997. The name stems from its founding place, Passion 268 church. This church in Atlanta, Georgia is pastored by Louis Giglio and he is also the head of the Passion Conferences. I have had the opportunity to go to Passion two years in a row and both years it has been a life changing experience for me.      Passion is the meeting of thousands of college age believers who get to hear from famous Christian music artists as well as many great speakers of the Christian faith. The conferences are usually held over the span of 3 days and lasts throughout New Year’s Eve and Day. Sadly, Passion 2021 was canceled due to COVID-19, so I decided to relive some of my memories from last year by doing my last assignment about it.      Passion 2020 had some of my favorite evangelists come and speak. For exampl...
Read more

15. ENTERTAINMENT OR POP CULTURE

-
  Charlie Brown holiday specials only to be streamed on Apple TV this year                 The famous Charlie Brown holiday specials – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and A Charlie Brown Christmas – will only be streamed through Apple TV through the rest of 2020. Apple announced the news on Monday, explaining that this was part of an “expanded partnership with WildBrain” which is Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions. 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' won't air on ABC this year, moves to Apple TV+ https://t.co/NnaPUbgMuS — Enquirer (@Enquirer) October 20, 2020             Apple apparently already had plans to create new Charlie Brown content. However, even though Apple is streaming these specials free for anyone, many fans of the Peanuts enterprise our very disappointed. For so many people, watching these holiday spec...
Read more

4. HOMETOWN HARD NEWS

-
  Monroe woman launches virtual ASL learning program to bridge gap between hearing, deaf communities By KNOE News https://www.knoe.com/2020/09/07/monroe-woman-launches-virtual-asl-learning-program-to-bridge-gap-between-hearing-deaf-communities/ Feel Seen Website             University of Louisiana at Monroe graduate, Tracee Albert, has launched a new website to help others learn American Sign Language and help the deaf community "feel seen". Tracee grew up learning ASL as her first language because both of her parents are deaf. Albert says that she hopes her new virtual learning program, "Feel Seen", will help bridge the gap between the hearing and deaf communities.             Albert says that many people would tell her they want to learn ASL, but she did not have time to teach them because of school and work. She then decided to make an online learning program that allows anyone to have access at all times. A...
Read more