Social Media
Anti-vaxxers & COVID-19
These are two articles from CNN and the New York Times that talk about the influence of COVID-19 on the anti-vax movement. While there are still several people who staunchly oppose vaccines, as this person recently tweeted, there are some who are rethinking their stance, given the severity of the pandemic.
Lhooq, “People are Paying Real Money to Get Into Virtual Zoom Nightclubs,” Bloomberg, April 15, 2020.
“As nightlife appropriates technologies built for corporate conferencing and gaming, new party experiences are emerging to encourage interactivity and community, making the audience active participants rather than passive consumers. ” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/virtual-nightlife-grows-past-dj-livestreams-to-paid-zoom-clubs?sref=ExbtjcSG
John Krasinski “Some Good News” Show Trending on Youtube
In John Krasinski’s new short show series called SGN, short for Some Good News, he shares uplifting news, comedy, and light conversation with viewers in effort to keep people positive and comforted during quarantine. This serves as just one example of new emerging forms of News Media in response to COVID-19’s impacts on individuals social … Read more
What’s App tightens its rules to counter coronavirus misinformation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/tech/whatsapp-misinformation-forward-limit/index.html What’s App, a Facebook owned platform, has been one of the popular sources of misinformation about the pandemic. This article introduces the recent restriction the platform has introduced to stop the prevent the spread of the misinformation. The most recent policy prevents individuals from simultaneously forwarding a message to more than one group chat.
COVID-19 Meme Demonstrating Media and Government Corruption
Social Media has become a source of News to many generations, young and old, and can be utilized to express, converse, and make sense of our modern epidemic. Doctor Brooke Magnanti, a former research scientist and now blogger/writer, shared a Meme based off the popular comedy TV show Rick and Morty. This meme demonstrates what … Read more
Reactions to CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo Diagnosed with COVID-19
COVID-19 Hits CNN https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/04/01/coronavirus-governor-andrew-cuomo-emotional-reaction-chris-cuomo-diagnosis/5104601002/ When I was watching CNN News this past weekend, there were various alerts being released about Anchor Chris Cuomo being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his plans to continue work from home, in the isolation of his basement. I have attached a video below of some of the CNN coverage surrounding his … Read more
Ironic Realities
This a post I found on instagram that is an example of someone coming up with ways to talk about about the realities of potentially telling our future generations and children about their punishments, rules, or disciplines we having a household by reflecting on our restrictions during this current pandemic and what we went through … Read more
“All our ICU patients are in their 50s or younger’ – frontline Welsh doctor recovered from virus,” YouTube Video, April 3, 2020
A stark description of what is happening inside a Welsh hospital; the local epidemic has not yet reached its peak.