“It is absurd that college graduates today are carrying debts of $50,000, $100,000 or more. We must deal with the issues of student debt.” -Bernie Saunders
Earlier this week in CW2 we discussed a very popular social media site, Twitter.
While Twitter can sometimes represent what a lot of people think it does, #uselessness, it can be a source of reliable information when it comes to topics you’re mildly interested in. For instance, as college students ranging in ages from eighteen to late twenties- we can virtually run the world when it comes to politics and voting.
While I’m into politics, I’m not all that educated. I catch snip-its on the morning news where I overhear Trump’s idiotic statements, followed by me changing the channel to something much more entertaining- let’s say MTV’s TrueLife. I realize I need to pay attention to the coverage on who is running and why, but I can’t seem to listen to a news channel’s biased reports and opinions. So, I took to Twitter and found myself hitting the follow button when it came to all the running candidates. Just a short week later I found myself unfollowing candidates and those they were involved with.
What is astounding about Twitter, in my opinion was that while following Trump I was reading things that he directly tweeted, retweeting things he believed in, or rather- an assistant was. However, these statements all hold true. I was following what Trump believed in and stood for and realized “whoa, I don’t like this, that isn’t right.” So I unfollowed and decided that Trump was somebody I wasn’t going to vote for in the upcoming election. Among finding this out I discovered something, or someone, even greater.
Bernie Saunders is also running for presidency. After following him on Twitter and finding that a lot of the changes I hope to see, he is standing for, I’ve realized he is someone I would be proud to call president. However, if it weren’t for Twitter, I would’ve been ignorant to his running and would’ve thought we would be doomed to be controlled by dun dun dun dun.. Trump!
As previously stated, Twitter is home to a lot of nonsense, but when used correctly can be a hub of great resources. If Twitter isn’t something you’re currently using, you may want to reconsider!
Reading this just changed my perspective a little on social media for it does keep us in the loop and educated because in the end a lot of stuff we see on the television is indeed biased.
ReplyDeleteHi Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with your blog. I'm not all in to politics so I'm not sure what Trump or Bernie Saunders have to say, but I do agree on what you say, "when used correctly it can be a hub of great resources." As sad as it is, you can learn a lot about someone by what they post or retweet. For a short post, Twitter is able to give you an idea on people's view on things and it makes it a good resource.
Hi Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with your blog. I'm not all in to politics so I'm not sure what Trump or Bernie Saunders have to say, but I do agree on what you say, "when used correctly it can be a hub of great resources." As sad as it is, you can learn a lot about someone by what they post or retweet. For a short post, Twitter is able to give you an idea on people's view on things and it makes it a good resource.
Hey Caitlin! I really enjoyed reading your blog post. I felt like I related to this post a lot, and think that other students in this class will as well. I'm somewhat into politics myself, but I find it hard to develop my own opinion when so many forms of media are bias and mostly attack other candidates and political parties.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a Twitter, but I got rid of it several months ago because I didn't see the point. The few times I would post, it would be about something trivial. I never realized or took advantage of Twitter as the source of knowledge it can be. Maybe I need to take a page out of your book and try using Twitter again.