The Last Dance
This assignment is a very enjoyable one. Running a social media account for a company would be exciting as well as fulfilling and this assignment provided experience for that. We had to do live tweeting for an event of our choice and incorporate hashtags and at least one picture. I couldn’t make a twitter so I just made my tweets on a word document and tweeted 10 times. The event I chose to cover was The Last Dance, a Michael Jordan limited time documentary. This was never before seen footage of Jordan’s final championship run and was a highly anticipated series. I chose this event because it was a special one and was only released because of the global pandemic occurring and causing a halt to all sports.
In this assignment I used a journalistic approach. I chose this approach because I wanted to be informational and engaging in my tweets. I provided a lot of my own observations and didn’t want to sound too boring. I definitely had some “Cheerleader” fluff because I am a huge fan of MJ. What I enjoyed about this event is we had the freedom to choose our own topic and type of event. I love sports, but there weren’t any sports to cover so this was the next best thing, if not better. I enjoyed coming up with tweets and sharing my thoughts and opinions, while also sharing some facts and information about the event.
I learned that tweeting is a way many consumers get information and it is important to be honest and don’t propose any offensive or controversial remarks. What surprised me is how fun and exciting tweeting is. I didn’t actually tweet but I googled tweets about the event and it was interesting to see the thousands of people chirping in about the event. It really motivated me to tweet my mind. In the future I see myself running social media accounts for a large brand or company. I would love that.
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