Disruption Timeline

  • ISIS

    ISIS
    ISIS uses specific tactics to break through the clutter and reach divergent audiences. They use all the modern forms of social media to push their views and target certain audiences in recruiting new members.
  • Apple IPhone

    Apple IPhone
    On January 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world to his revolutionary smartphone. It wasn't that long ago when the first-generation iPhone made its debut, but can you imagine life without it? Now, social media is run through a tiny device and can upload things at a quicker pace than before.
  • Venezuela's Crises Keep Getting Worse

    Venezuela's Crises Keep Getting Worse
    The Revolution in Venezuela Won’t be Televised, Except on the Internet TV is mostly silent about deadly protests. So people are turning to Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook.
  • U.S. national anthem protests

    U.S. national anthem protests
    The protests began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat and later kneeled during the anthem, as opposed to the tradition of standing, before his team's preseason games of 2016. This blew up social media and the news with it dividing sides.
  • Trump Election

    Trump Election
    A lot of people didn't feel like Trump was suitable to run the country base on various reasons, with one of them being his immigration laws. To this day POTUS is attacked through twitter and attacks others through it too.