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Sen. Warnock Defeats Herschel Walker in Georgia Runoff

The 2022 midterm season is now complete. Here at the Social Media Listening Center we have been diligently following this election cycle and previously covered the Georgia midterms here. While midterms happened nearly a month ago, we were left without answers for the results of the Georgia senate race as neither candidate received the majority […]

FIFA World Cup Continues In Qatar

While this year’s staging of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar has earned quite a share of controversy both leading up to and during match play, the quarter-finals phase is about to begin with just eight national teams remaining. A total of 32 countries had soccer teams qualify for the World Cup. These teams were […]

College Football Playoff Bracket is Released

This college football season has been filled with many easy wins, upsetting losses, and, unfortunately, injuries among the players. Taking all these factors into consideration, the college football committee carefully reviews each team and its ranking to determine who the final four college teams are that will compete for the national championship. However, many individuals […]

2022 Spotify Wrapped Released

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Spotify Wrapped season. Spotify Wrapped is one of the most highly anticipated roll outs of the year for its users. Beginning in 2016, Spotify has taken users listening data to provide them with a most-listened to list. The concept has evolved into giving users individualized playslists […]

Mauna Loa Volcano Erupts In Hawai’i

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano and one of the most active, is in the midst of its latest eruption, the first since 1984. The volcano is located in Hawai’i, on the “Big Island” of Hawai’i – in fact, it makes up the majority of the “Big Island’s” landmass, covering about half of the […]

Ticketmaster Under Scrutiny After Cancelling Taylor Swift Ticket Sales

It turns out Taylor Swift gave us all an easter egg in her hit song Bejeweled when she told us we might have to wait in line. After releasing her highly anticipated 10th studio album, Midnights (which we covered here), Swift surprised fans with an “Eras Tour”. This tour will have music from all of […]

Artemis I Mission to Moon Launches

As Tuesday ticked into Wednesday, the rocket Artemis I launched out of Cape Canaveral, FL, for an unmanned mission to the moon. The mission launch had already been postponed due to fuel leaks during preliminary tests as well as Hurricane Ian, and again due to the looming Hurricane Nicole. However, the long road to launch […]

The Blood Bowl Begins

Every year, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina participate in a competition where students are encouraged to donate blood in the Blood Bowl. The Blood Connection sponsors the event. The organization is the blood supplier for the Clemson community, providing blood exclusively throughout South Carolina communities. As blood donation is a critical part […]

Georgia Election Results and Runoff

Over the past few weeks we have been monitoring conversations about the midterm elections. Most recently, we discussed the results for the races that happened in South Carolina. Today, we will we look at the results of the Georgia races and see what conversations are happening after people left the polls on Tuesday night. First […]

Recapping the 2022 Midterm Elections in South Carolina

Yesterday, Nov. 8, was election day across the United States, and as the polls closed and results started to roll in voters across the country reacted to the results. The team here at the Social Media Listening Center followed along in real-time with the digital and news media traffic surrounding candidates in South Carolina, North […]