Social media Disruptions

By hru
  • ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

    ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
    Use of Twitter, Vine, Facebook, Instagram
    Tactics included tagging people in videos and challenging them to complete it and the heavy use of hashtags
  • Brexit

    Brexit
    The major internet mediums included Twitter, Youtube, and Reddit
    Tactics that were used were a lot of common sharing, connecting, and informing of what Brexit was, what it would entail, and how it would affect content creators, the internet, and individuals
  • Parkland Shooting

    Parkland Shooting
    The main mediums that were used were Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube.
    The tactics used were the creation of rallies, videos of victims and their experiences, calls to action for governors, and new gun laws.
  • Fires in the Amazon rainforest

    Fires in the Amazon rainforest
    The main forms of social media that were used were Instagram and Facebook.
    Users took to the stories on both Instagram and Facebook to share what they felt the media was not addressing in regards to the issues in the rainforest. Many people created petitions and campaigns to help put a stop to the burning of the forest and to raise money to help make a change.
  • Trump's Sunken Rally

    Trump's Sunken Rally
    Tiktok was a huge social media influence in disrupting Trump's rally held in Tulsa, Oklahoma as many users urged their fans to request tickets to the event and then not show. Tiktok users and K-pop fans were integral in spreading the information which spread through the internet like a wildfire.