social media influence

Communication is key to success in almost everything. The technology in our generation today has made it easy to publish every single thought we have onto social media for the world to see. It has its benefits and draw backs; for example, accessing information for educational purposes has been made so easy you can learn about it on khan academy in about seven minutes. On the contrary, the mean tweet or the secret you exposed on a group chat can be the cause of a social media war. Celebrities tend to have this problem when posting support on social media that regard international conflicts or societal conflicts. For example, our beloved Rihanna star, Zayn Malik, Kim Kardashian and many others have posted a tweet regarding the Palestinian-Israeli war, supporting Palestine…but then deleted it due to arguments and all of the hatred that has been stirred up due to that. We would usually think that celebrities are the reason we think a certain way about a situation however in some cases celebrities aren’t powerful enough to influence everyone. An example of a way celebrities have succeeded in advocating for social change deals with the most recent case, Caitlyn Jenner. Bruce Jenner an olympian gold medalist who we all thought was a macho man turned out to be very feminine to the point that he became a she. Caitlin received both hate and support but more support than hate due to celebrities and our society today. LGBTQ people and supporters have advertised about it in a positive way since the 60’s . LGBTQ is something that takes over the social media, if you hate on it you will receive hate back. Social media today can be used to create powerful movements, impact lives and to modify our society today.

Kennedy the American Icon

The 1960’s were a time for people of different races and beliefs to speak out and fight for their liberties and rights. John F. Kennedy was looked up to and admired for all of his efforts to promote liberties for all, which made him a role model that people across the globe looked up to. In 1960, during John F. Kennedy’s presidency, one of the first things he created was the “New Frontier”. It was basically a new and improved “New Deal”. This new deal, allowed for segregation and discrimination against the LGBTQ, race minorities, genders, and religions to be reduced to allow for everyone to have an equal chance to obtain jobs and live happy lives. John F. Kennedy has earned this title because he gave the people what they wanted and what they have been denied despite the fact that having the liberty to express ones self and to feel safe isn’t a privilege but a right. John F. Kennedy didn’t allow for his personal opinions to affect the decisions made for the country, which is what many leaders don’t do. John F. Kennedy also deserves the status of the American icon because he shows traits of a leader by taking a risk, which led to a reward; his legacy lived, his laws were enforced by the vice president who also takes part in sharing the status of the American icon.