HISTORY OF TWITTER "ELECTION INTERFERENCE"​ OR POLICY CHANGES?

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Activism and Social Media

Throughout history activists have launched campaigns in efforts to sway ideas and advance various political and social movements. Call back on the abolition of slavery, the women’s suffrage movement, and the LGBT rights movement

Going Viral

Much like an infectious disease, “going viral” is something that happens when media is spread in unprecedented fashion and at high speed. Most people associate “going viral” with videos or images depicting humorous and heartwarming events

Gender in Social Media

When social media had its initial boom in the early 2000’s both men and women flocked to this new form of mediated communication – and both genders picked it up fairly well, with its new slang and user friendly interfaces, social media was the new “Party Line!”