people only use twitter, or other social media sites, just to get through to their followers. In an article titled, “The Positives and Negatives of Twitter: Exploring How Student-Athletes Use Twitter and Respond to Critical Tweets,” it is demonstrated that most student athletes claim to use twitter for three main reasons, all of which have to do with keeping up with what is going on and communicating with others. Similar to athletes on twitter, an abundant number of adolescents use twitter for…
deviating from meeting the life’s different issues.” (Agarwal and Kar Page 170) Only a small part of these phone users are using the basic talk or text features of the phone, the majority of them are consumed in the applications and websites of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat to name a few. Because of these social media outlets, moments are no longer personal or just for the memories, they…
likes to share her recipes to a freelancer traveling the southeastern parts of Asia who wants to show the world his adventures can write publicly. The most preferred and common means to either write publicly or share content nowadays are Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr (blogs and etc.) and Instagram. I personally am not affiliated to any of those means and never made use of them, but I am aware that each of those tools are used differently, because of their differences such as aimed audience, level of…
“tweets” on Twitter corporate accounts and determined that consumer purchases are influenced by communications and social media. Twitter is also seen as an opportunity for expanding brand awareness and creating relationships with potential consumers. Businesses use Twitter to promote their products and answer questions. In 2014, small businesses outnumber the big ones on the site. Twitter is a more useful tool for them because many small businesses have a limited advertising budget, making…
known as the “Twitter Revolution”. In the striking situation of the Greensboro’s Four, four young college students preformed a sit-in protest at a local diner that refused to serve blacks at its counter. Despite disgusting discriminatory remarks, having firecrackers and food thrown at them, and an appearance from the Ku Klux Klan, the Greensboro Four not only stood their ground, but inspired many other civil-rights organizations. Unlike the story of the Greensboro Four, the Twitter Revolution…
voice makes it much more difficult for someone to connect Housewright with his Twitter, especially when his other social media accounts hold no similarities in their diction or writing style. Both his Facebook and Twitter accounts post about a variety of topics from politics to inane nonsense, but while his Facebook uses grammar and language more suited to Housewright’s speaking vocabulary and the general public, his Twitter is a spectrum that is either prone to misspellings, grammatical errors…
Social Networks – Are they really necessary? Today’s society currently lives in a digital era where one of the main platforms for communication is the use of social networks. All around the world, people are constantly updating their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and various other sites, making an identity for themselves on the Internet. Social networking has become such a prevalent form of communication at this point of civilization, that almost anywhere around the world, someone can be found…
(Statista, 2017) Also, Twitter recorded 328 million active users in 2017. (Statista, 2017) Pinterest has estimated about 70 million users in the U.S. and 80 million outside the U.S. (Smith, 2017) With these numbers in mind, Pinterest’s integration with social media sights expands…
She explains, “Sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ allow employers to get a glimpse of who you are outside the confines of a résumé, cover letter, or interview” (Smith) Not only are employers using social media for marketing, they are also using it to look at current employees…
headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which is also the location of their first store. As of September 24, 2018, Neiman Marcus was 1.2 million followers on Instagram, 1,028,397 likes on Facebook and 974 thousand followers, and 395 thousand followers on Twitter with over 36 thousand tweets. Instagram During a seven-day period from January 17 to January 24, Neiman Marcus posted 25 times with a total of 52,175 likes, 111,807 views, and 761 comments. Of their 25 posts, 9 of them were videos, and…