I think the ridiculousness of some of Trump’s tweets/claims are softened by his tweeting style, where adjectives are a main focus (“bad,” “sad,” etc) rather than the subject. If I can take the same subjects but reverse the adjectives an incorporate facts, perhaps it can mirror what it’s like to be influenced by a Trump tweet, except this time positively.

One take away I got from both the articles as well as Vine is the trade off between simplicity and a more complete understanding, as the Brian Ott article mentions. On one hand you do have media outlets like TV that are a predecessor to Twitter, but also take time to deliver news (or propaganda in a decent amount of cases). This is almost like…[Read more]