Media Disruptions

  • #FaceMaskFriday

    #FaceMaskFriday
    This lasted for about 2 years when Covid was first happening. The social media the was used was instagram and facebook mostly. Twitter was used some. These platforms were used to post pictures or videos of people wearing masks. These were famous people, how to make a cool mask, and just plain out telling people to use a mask.
  • #BlackLivesMatter

    #BlackLivesMatter
    This is talking about when George Floyd died. The hashtag was used #blacklivesmatter so people could show support to the cause and also bring awareness all around to what happened. This majorly disrupted Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
  • January 6th

    January 6th
    This was when a bunch of Trump extremest gathered together and attacked the white house because they were mad that Trump lost. This was mostly published on news channels and print. Facebook and twitter also posted a lot of it. Social media was used to inform the public of what happened and to help shape the public's opinion on this matter.
  • #vote

    #vote
    This hashtag became popular around election time of 2024. This was used mostly on instagram, twitter and probably facebook. They used this to inspire people to get educated and to go vote.
  • Chicken Law

    Chicken Law
    Right now in the city where I live there has been a lot of talk and petitioning to change the law we have on having chickens within city limits. This mostly disrupts my facebook feed and out local new paper and facebook and instagram pages.