Social Media Disruptions

By hillary.j.young

  • #LoveWins

    #LoveWins
    -2015
    -Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter
    -Used to show support and excitement after the U.S. Supreme Court decision came out making gay marriage legal in all 50 states

  • #PrayForParis

    #PrayForParis
    -2015
    -Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter
    -People all over the world used this hashtag after the terrorist attack in Paris. Similar hashtags had been used for Japan and would later be used for Manchester, Orlando, Vegas, and many other locations where violence happened.

  • #Election2016

    #Election2016
    -2016
    -Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram
    -Leading discussion of the year on social media. More social media involvement in this election than any before it. People used the hashtag to show their support for their favorite candidate, and to bring up many of the issues which were being debated throughout the campaign.

  • #MeToo

    #MeToo
    -2017
    -Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram
    -Women sharing their personal experiences about sexual assault in order to provide support to those who have gone through similar things and effect a change so that any type of sexual assault is completely unacceptable

  • #MarchForOurLives

    #MarchForOurLives
    -2018
    -Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook
    -Used leading up to and during a march in Washington, D.C. to support anti gun legislation in an attempt to prevent gun violence within the United States