Saturday 12 September 2015

Weekly New/Digital Media homework

Hillary Clinton revealed to have over a million fake Twitter followers - more than any other presidential hopeful


Hillary Clinton Has More Than a Million Fake Twitter Followers. What Does It Mean?

The sheer fact that outlets such as Yahoo! Tech and DailyMail report about the quantity of followers attained by Hillary Clinton, among other presidential candidates, highlights the profound influence that social media has on something as important as the election responsible of determining the most powerful figure of the free world. Statistics are closely examined on this matter and those with more followers are deemed as more viable candidates for the campaign, the leader of which is currently Donald Trump. 

Straight Outta Compton's viral marketing on digital media was something which us all have encountered while surfing the web or scrolling through beloved social sites. This is confirmed in the embedded article as it runs the readership through the numerous corporate decisions made in the dawn of the premiering of the Universal biopic. Residue of this viral campaign still exists due to the personal aspect provided to the 'Straight Outta ---' trademark. 

A female cosmopolitan commutes through the streets of Manhattan in daytime transitioning to the evening and night and encounters over 100 occasions of interaction by other men. In my opinion my views differ from the statement of the campaign as I wouldn't denote the exhibited acts as harassment, as the majority of instances were civil. However, some of those were legitimate for the cause and should be socially addressed. It is noteworthy to acknowledge the controversial reception this campaign received via social media inc. Twitter.