Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
A tweet, no matter what it is about or what it says, has rhetorical velocity by design. The character limit is the reason for this. With that in mind, some tweets have more rhetorical velocity than others. There is no…
Rhetorical Velocity – Concussions
While I found many interesting tweets relating to the topic of concussions in American football, the tweets with the best rhetorical velocity came from Chris Nowinski and an account dedicated to NFL concussions. #NFL #concussion “expert” gives advice for kids…
Rhetorical Velocity in Child Obesity Tweets
When searching for tweets with the highest rhetorical velocity, there seemed to be a reoccurring trend on all of the accounts that I looked at. Pictures had more retweets and favorites than just tweets that featured text. The tweets that…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter- Online Privacy
On Twitter, I found many accounts advocating for public privacy. They made excellent use of rhetorical velocity. For example, Privacyactivism tweeted a link to an article that contains tips on how to avoid ID theft online. This is a good…
Rhetorical Velocity: Marijuana Legalization Tweets
There are many great organizations out there that are doing an outstanding job spreading news about marijuana legalization on twitter. I have chosen to highlight a tweet from Pot4Prosperity. Pot4Prosperity is an advocacy group that is seeking to advocate for…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
I choose tweets from the ASPCA and Animal Friends as ones that had the best rhetorical velocity. One thing I noticed about these tweets right away is that they had pictures. That definitely drew my eye to them more because…
Rhetorical Velocity in Self-Image Tweets
Rhetorical velocity is used by many twitter accounts as a strategy to try and make their tweets as likely to be shared as possible. In other words, they want their tweets to get favorited and retweeted. When searching through one…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
I chose one of Aerie’s tweets as an example. The tweet was: Today’s #WednesdayWisdom is by the beautiful @khloekardashian! #AerieREAL. The tweet also had a picture attached: I think tweet has a high potential for rhetorical velocity because it not only introduces a…
Rhetorical Velocity in Tweets
When promoting an idea, company, or organization, rhetorical velocity is a necessary tool that will help circulate what you are trying to say. So when I was looking for examples of this, I skimmed through the twitter profiles of the…
Tweeting about Philly Education
I found many different types of twitter accounts regarding Philadelphia public school funding. The twitter accounts with the most rhetorical velocity are the protests groups who are trying to rally students to fight for their education. The tweets from accounts…
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