I learned a lot from this class. I feel one of the things I learned the most about was how many positive aspects came out of twitter itself. In recent years, I felt that most if not all of the news on twitter has been very politically motivated. In fact, since the election in 2016, most news I hear when hearing about twitter was about Donald Trump. I came into this course expecting it to be focused on Donald Trump’s behavior on social media, however, I found myself pleasantly surprised to discover that this class was about so much more. I loved hearing about the different effects social media could have on political issues, but I also loved learning about the drawbacks of social media. Hearing about what was actually causing issues within social media gave me a deeper understanding of the issue, as well as a better understanding of social media in general. Thank you so much for a wonderful semester.
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I’m happy to hear all this. Trump really does overshadow a lot of the conversation about social media/Twitter, doesn’t he? That seems like an effect of his political communication, which works in his favor, obliterating other contexts of Twitter out of conversation. But as scholars and thinkers we have to read social media with more nuance, focusing also on its systems as well as on the people who use it. I’m curious if, and what, questions remain for you.