Arianna Mastrandrea
11/20/12
Twitter Observation Blog Post
Twitter Account #1: Gina DiPaolo @ginaaahmarie
- Her tweets vary. She tweets about school, to friends, her cat, and other things on her mind.
- Gina writes her own tweets but sometimes retweets.
- She tweets about 5 times a day.
- Her background is the twitter bird, her profile picture is a picture of herself, and she posts pictures of friends, animals, and pictures from school.
- Gina has 197 followers, and they seem to be all her friends. Also, a SAT math account followers her too.
- She follows 236 people. Some of the 236 people include the following: actors- Neil Patrick Harris, Zooey Deschanel, artists- One Direction members, Matt and Kim, and friends.
- Tweets that relate to my topic:
- Well, the only thing that really changed was my writing score. Well that sucks. #SAT
- I just need to keep on reminding myself that none of this is going to matter in a year. Absolutely none of it.
Twitter Account #2: Serena H Lee @serenaisgood
- She tweets about random things- school, the holiday season, Twilight, and stress.
- She tweets original tweets and also retweets.
- She tweets about 2-3 times a day everyday.
- Serena doesn’t include a lot of pictures on her page. She has a profile picture and two uploaded images.
- She has 32 followers. All 32 of her followers look like kids she goes to school with.
- She follows 72 accounts. She follows actors, singers, and friends.
- Tweets that relate to my topic:
- Crap, SAT scores are out tomorrow.. #soscrewed
- I did bad on math.. but hey! I’m satisfied I got my highest score ever! yeyeah #sat
- By the words of my dad’s text message.. looks like I’ll be taking the #sat again.. #sigh
Twitter Account #3: Priyanka Jariwala @prrrrrrius
- Priyanka’s tweets are relevant to celebrities, holidays, and normal day-to-day teenage thoughts.
- She writes original tweets and retweets other people.
- She tweets multiple times a day.
- The only pictures she has on her page are her profile page and a snapshot of her SAT scores.
- She has 53 followers (friends and other random users with minimal tweets)
- She follows 55 people (authors, singers)
- Tweet that relate to my topic:
- Scores just came in! #disappointed but what can I do now? #college #scores #UC #CSU and included a picture of her reading, math, and writing scores.
Twitter Account #4: Andrew Shinn @AndrewShinnn
- A lot of Andrew’s tweets are negative. However, some relate to sports, school, activities, and Korea.
- He has his own tweets along with a lot of retweets.
- Andrew tweets about 10 times a day.
- He has a profile picture, pictures of schoolwork, friends, and sports teams.
- He has 122 followers (friends)
- He follows 125 people (friends, ESPN)
- Tweets that relate to my topic:
- SAT scores are coming out on Monday.. Oh… #ScaredAF
- My heart is beating hella fast right now. #Scared #Nervous
- I’m too nervous to go to sleep.. #SAT #Scores
Twitter Account #5: SAT Words @SAT_words
- Every tweet is a new vocabulary word.
- These are all original tweets.
- There are tweets posted about every hour.
- There aren’t any pictures posted on this account, besides the profile picture, which is a page of a dictionary.
- It has 2,732 followers (students who need practice with the vocabulary)
- It’s following 291 people (people from all over the world- students)
- Tweets that relate to my topic:
- inundate v 1: fill beyond capacity; “The water flooded the fields” [syn: deluge, flood] 2: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;
- convolve v: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolute] #sat
What did I learn about the issue?
I learned that all of these students have the same attitude about the SAT. They are nervous, pressured, and so tense that they have trouble sleeping. As a student who had to take the SAT three times, I can greatly relate to Serena H Lee. It’s frustrating and you spend so much time studying different techniques, lessons, and skills. The kids get disappointed in themselves because they didn’t receive a good enough score, or their score barely improved. They also have the same mentality that the test has such a great impact at that time which affects their future, but the test itself means nothing afterwards.
How do people talk about it?
The majority are negative tweets. The kids can’t sleep and they stay up studying for hours upon hours- not sure if their scores are even going to improve. They aren’t confident in their performance. The tests are long, tiring, and boring. Once the scores come in, the students can’t do anything besides retake it again and again until they receive a good enough score (if they have the motivation to prepare/take it again.)
Citations:
DiPaolo, Gina (ginaaahmarie). “Well, the only thing that really changed was my
writing score. Well that sucks. #SAT.” 20 Nov 2012, 5:21 a.m. Tweet.
DiPaolo, Gina. (ginaaahmarie). “I just need to keep on reminding myself that none of
this is going to matter in a year. Absolutely none of it.” 20 Nov 2012,
6:52 a.m. Tweet.
Jariwala, Priyanka (prrrrrrius). “Scores just came in! #disappointed but what can I
do now? #college #scores #UC #CSU and included a picture of her reading,
math, and writing scores.” 20 Nov 2012, 9:38 a.m. Tweet.
Lee, Serena H (serenaisgood OHow do ). “Crap, SAT scores are out tomorrow.. #soscrewed.” 19
Nov 2012, 9:32 p.m. Tweet.
Lee, Serena H (serenaisgood OHow do ). “I did bad on math.. but hey! I’m satisfied I got my
highest score ever! yeyeah #sat.” 20 Nov 2012, 8:06 a.m. Tweet.
Lee, Serena H (serenaisgood OHow do ). “By the words of my dad’s text message.. looks like I’ll
be taking the #sat again.. #sigh.” 20 Nov 2012, 8:36 a.m. Tweet.
Shinn, Andrew (AndrewShinnn). “SAT scores are coming out on Monday.. Oh…
#ScaredAF.” 18 Nov 2012, 12:39 a.m. Tweet.
Shinn, Andrew (AndrewShinnn). “My heart is beating hella fast right now. #Scared
#Nervous.” 18 Nov 2012, 12:41 a.m. Tweet.
Shinn, Andrew (AndrewShinnn). “I’m too nervous to go to sleep.. #SAT #Scores.”
19 Nov 2012, 11:52 p.m. Tweet.
Words, SAT (SAT_words). “inundate v 1: fill beyond capacity; “The water flooded the
fields” [syn: deluge, flood] 2: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;.”
23 Nov 2012, 10:05 p.m. Tweet.
Words, SAT (SAT_words). “convolve v: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolute]
#sat.” 23 Nov 2012, 10:05 a.m. Tweet.
Source:
http://ariannasthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/twitter-observation-blog-post/