Donald Trump Identified Twitter as His Major Tool of Communication
Donald Trump Identified Twitter as His Major Tool of Communication
Davis, J. H. (2018, October 23). The ripple effect of a Trump tweetstorm. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/us/politics/trump-tweetstorm-effect.html
In this article, Davis discusses how Trump’s tweeting habits caused a ripple tank when he tweeted about a controversy that was not supported by facts. According to the author, the reputation of Trump’s social media behavior, especially on Twitter, precedes him. The leader is not only known to have chosen Twitter as his preferred medium of communication with the public, but is also renowned for posting just about anything that crosses his mind. By inspection, his Twitter timeline is filled with numerous posts ranging from insults, verbal attacks on political opponents, and conspiracy theories that often lack proof. In the late half of 2018, Donald Trump hit the media headlines for tweeting out of context about a group of immigrants headed towards the United States-Mexico border. This particular tweet ignited a series of heated debates about the safety of open borders in the U.S. This article is helpful in analyzing the influence of a social leader’s sentiment on follower engagement.
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