October 1, 2016
The Clinton Debate: Some Issues On September 29th, roughly 80 million people “watched” the first presidential debate. By “watched,” we mean they tweeted, blogged, posted, and all other forms of technology-mediated communication (probably no telegraphs or actual phone calls though) about the first debate. We here at the News in New Media center have been […]
October 1, 2016
Here at News In New Media we have been closely following the current presidential election. Check this blog if you’re more interested in Hillary Clinton’s ratings via social media, but here’s a rundown of what people have been saying since last Monday regarding Donald Trump. Clearly, from a social media standpoint, people are mostly concerned […]
September 22, 2016
If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you’ve been waiting for this for years. You can now get your Patronus on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter website, Pottermore. The Magic Queen Herself’s patronus is a pine marten, according to her official Twitter page. I took the @pottermore test (which I wrote) ages ago when it was a […]
September 21, 2016
Atlanta Public Schools 4th grade paraprofessional Patrice Brown has been the topic of much discussion for her work outfits. Brown, an Alabama State University graduate, has been given the title “#TeacherBae” because of her curvaceous figure and what some consider “too revealing” outfits. In now deleted Instagram posts, Brown showed off some of her work […]
September 19, 2016
On Friday, September 16th, Donald Trump announced that “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period”. He believed it was finally time to put the issue to rest by claiming that presidential nominee Hillary Clinton started the birtherism movement during her 2008 political campaign. However, multiple news sources, including Politifact, have shown that it was […]
September 16, 2016
If you have an iPhone, you probably just got the update to iOS 10. Maybe you’re excited about the new features, like invisible ink or the hidden magnifying glass. The new emoji seem pretty cool, too. One of them, though, has some people pretty ticked. The “gun” emoji is now replaced by a little green […]
