Today’s blog is the first ever collaboration on Eyes on Social Media! I teamed with The Media Monitor for a crowdsourcing exercise. We went to Twitter and asked the Seton Hall community their opinion on various topics surrounding the school and the South Orange area.
In our Social Media in Journalism and PR class this week, Ryan Henry and I were tasked with a scavenger hunt to gather opinions from Seton Hall University students. We took to Twitter to ask our peers about school spirit, hot spots in the South Orange community, and a variety of other topics pertaining to the Seton Hall community.
We learned a lot about the most popular places in town, favorite memories from basketball games, what clubs are hot, and so much more! While it was great to learn these things about our friends and peers, this project was not without its downsides. While some gave us incredibly detailed answers to our questions, it was quite hard to get the same amount of detail from other students. One of the most frustrating parts was sifting through responses that were either one word or one sentence to get the most detailed answers we could work with.
Now without further ado… our findings!
Now here’s the fun part about this assignment… there’s an element of competition! All of our classmates were put into pairs to ask all of the same questions as us to see who could get the best answers. So of course, we have to talk about our favorites from our friends!
We even answered questions of fellow students to get in on the action! Here are our responses!
Through this assignment we not only learned more about our peers, but also using Twitter as an effective tool to crowdsource information for news stories. It’s an easy and fun way to get the information that you need, all while connecting with others! If you ever have a chance to try something out like this, we highly recommend!
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