Social Media News

Every class period we take about fifteen to twenty minutes to talk about social media news.  Although some of the time I do not have something come right to my mind to discuss I check on Yahoo News and always find something interesting to talk about.  Since it is election season and this is one of the most controversial elections lots of social media news is about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.  Some of these stories are interesting and new, but my dad is very involved in politics and informs me on many of the new things happening with the election.  He spoke at the Democratic National Convention as a Republican and once he did this I became more interested in politics.  He owns his own Public Relations firm called Elmets PR and a big part of his job is to be the voice of people who need his help to talk to press and help solve problems that they are in.  My dad is very active on social media, he has his own Twitter that he uses for himself and his business.  Since speaking at the DNC he has gained lots of followers on Twitter and has been more active in talking about his political views.  After speaking at the DNC many people began to take note of who my dad is, since he is a Republican but is voting for a Democrat he has been getting lots of emails and tweets sent to him about how he is disloyal to his political party.  Since he is so avid on social media many of these tweets do not bother him because of the work that he does.

What I find most interesting is some of the things that people say to my dad over social media.  The thing with social media is that whatever is put out there will always be on the internet.  Some of the things the people write to my dad about him and his political beliefs range from I agree with your views to some of the worst things you can wish on people.  My dad has thick skin so the things that people say to him do not bother him.

 .  

When we take time to go over the social media news every day before class I enjoy taking that time to learn about what is going on in the world around us.  Since election season is almost over I wonder if the politics about the President will still be a big topic of discussion after the President is elected.