How do you celebrate Women’s History Month? You attend the International Women’s Courage Award ceremony at The State Department.
On March 6, 2015, I attended the International Women of Courage Awards at the U.S.
Author: Dr. Janet Johnson
→I am a professor, pretend political pundit, media critic, and the author of the upcoming book: Political Rhetoric, Social Media, and American Presidential Campaigns: Candidates' Use of New Media. (December 2020 Lexington Books)
Critiquing and monitoring social media/media in the political process is what I do. I live for American Presidential Campaigns.
In 2014, during the #SOTUSocial, I took a tour of the White House residence-you know the China room, Blue Room, Green Room, Red Room, East Room, State Dining Room, etc. I also, by chance, saw Bo and
…You can apply to attend the #SOTUSocial. Attending the social is an honor and an experience for an American. It’s a privilege to be a #digitalcitizen and to participate in the political process no matter what
…This past Sunday, the Oscars blew up Twitter. Yes, Ellen DeGeneres broke Twitter. Why is this significant? Because in only an hour the selfie filled with who is who in Hollywood was retweeted 1 million times.
…The one part of the White House trip I failed to mention: I was suffering from a BAD COLD!
With that in mind, I was not able to socialize as I usually do. I was tired,
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John Dewey writes in The Public & its Problems:
…To learn to be human is to develop through the give and take of communication an effective sense of being an individually distinctive member of
The Boston Marathon Bombing and the manhunt that followed taught social media users and legacy media that breaking news is not about being first, but it is about being right.
Even Twitter users started to question
…I was asked recently if I thought Twitter was hurting the campaign more than helping. Instead of hurting or helping, I think social media is changing the four year ritual we are all accustomed to.
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