#studying with bts duhh

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exam season just is adding to the stress

not my usual ‘aesthetic’ touch but yea trying to showcase how messy it gets for me

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Political Engagement

Photo of Abraham Lincoln’s presidential campaign poster. Taken from: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/04/presidential-campaign-posters/

Before the born of Internet, politicians use radios, televisions or newspapers to reach out to the citizens. Try to imagine living in that era. A Prime Minister candidate that you truly admire and you wanted to meet badly has an event happening in your town where he shares his views and goals for the country. Unfortunately, you cannot come for the event. What happens if you do not even have a radio at home? Or no money to buy television? How about newspapers? What if the writers misinterpret every words he said?

Good thing we have the Internet now. And social media! 

Of course, we still do have newspapers, radios and televisions but how many of the youths are still active using the three mediums I mentioned? Not sure about you but I personally don’t read newspapers. I only read online news like from TheBorneoPost. I also do not watch television anymore. I am serious and honest right now. Radios? I only listened to them when I am driving. But I do spend a lot of time scrolling through my Twitter timeline and discover latest news from there. The Reuter institute for the Study of Journalism conducted a study of 50,000 teens aged between 18 and 24 years old, where 28% use social media and 24% use television (Young people now use social media more than TV as a news source, 2016).

So how does politics engage with the wider audience, especially youths?

By using social media. Well duhh.

Lets use Barack Obama for an example. His social media strategy during the 2008 presidential election had revolutionized campaigning by altering the structure of political organizing. The video below is one of the most viral in the 2008 campaign.

Lets remember back to the year 2018, in Malaysia, the glorious moment for the Pakatan Harapan as they won the election. The current Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir along with the other members of Pakatan Harapan always shared about his campaign through Twitter every single day. They fight for victory. They gather more and more audience with the power of social media. To me, it was a great strategy as I can never come to their campaign event, I am always waiting to see new videos from them about the election. With the hashtag GE14, I was able to see a lot more user’s opinion about the political parties. Although I cannot vote, but looking at videos of what they have to say for the people of the country has made me more patriotic and wanted to be more knowledgeable about politics. 

Are there any problems with social media politicians?

There was also problems that cannot be avoided by politicians which is scandals. One single post can go viral within seconds and if it is a shameful one, politician must be ready to face the accusations, swear words coming out from the netizens and loss of some supporters. For example, the 1MDB corruption scandal involving the 6th Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Was it just a defamation or an ugly truth that was uncovered? Hehe..

Remember #Undi18 ?

Syed Saddiq, the Malaysia Youth and Sports Minister made the #Undi18 movement. The movement is about lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. The hashtags went viral. A lot of online articles was shared about the bill. Besides a one-on-one interview, Syed Saddiq used the social media to share his thoughts about the bill. A bill related to youths, shared on a platform used by many youths? GOAL! Many other shared their opinions on the amendment of the minimum voting age. Agrees and disagree, here and there. People replying to each other, talking about the pros and cons of it. It looks to me that the young politician grabbed their attention. With that, I end this post with a conclusion that using social media to share topics about politics are very useful and can help encourage the people, especially youths to participate.

List of References:

Renfree, M 2016, Campaign communications: a look at obama’s social media success, PRNews, viewed 13 October 2019, https://www.prnewsonline.com/obama-social-media.

BT, 2016,  Young people now use social media more than TV as a news source, BT, viewed 13 October 2019, http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/young-people-now-use-social-media-more-than-tv-as-a-news-source-11364067999120.

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Get to know me

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 people you’d like to get to know better

Nickname: Eva (my full name is Evelina, so everyone calls me Eva and I like it better hah)

Zodiac: Libra ♎

Gender: female

Height: 160-162, I am short and proud

Age: 20 in September😏

Time: 20:55 // 8:55 PM

Favorite band/solo artist: well BTS duhh, but I also love a lot of other artists and bands like 5SOS, Troye Sivan, I still love 1D boys and their individual work is great. Also Panic! At the Disco and Fall Out Boy 😍 I also listen to other kpop groups and solo artists but I don't stan them like I stan BTS (yet)

Song stuck in my head: none😅 because I am listening to my playlist now and sing along to every song 😅

Last movie I saw: Guardians of the galaxy :D it was last weekend when I was home with my family

Last thing I googled: adenine structure :D I had chemistry exam few hours ago :/

Other blog: @thinking-and-writing I post my own writing there sometimes😅

Do I get asks: nope, I am not a popular blog or anything. I don't have much friends either :/

Why I chose my username: well haha I love supernatural tv series and I just idk, I liked it because Misha Collins is such an amazing human being how can you not love him?!

Following: 47 (thank you guys 💖)

Average amount of sleep: 6-8 hours. I sleep pretty okay :D

Lucky number: 7

What am I wearing: underwear because it is that hot (30°C)

Dream job: forensic medicine expert🖤

Dream trip: oh man, I would love to go to Asia, it always fascinated me (especially India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, also Japan and Korea). Also Australia, damn, despite the heat, I would like to go there too.

Favorite food: everything :D I eat literally everything and I love everything (well there are a few dishes I am not a big fan of xD)

Play any instruments: are nerves an instrument? No? Oh okay then...

Favorite Songs: Spring Day will always be my fave💙 but at the moment I can't stop listening to Airplane pt. 2, 134340, outro: tear. Also Charlie Puth's album Voicenotes??? That is such a great album :o

Play(ed) any sports: I used to play volleyball and did athletics in middle school. Now I just walk a lot :)))

Hair color: naturally it is dark brown but I die it and not it is very dark purple with pink strands :D

Eye Color: one eye is grey/blue and the other one almost brown :D I have partial heterochromia I guess :D

Most-iconic song: I don't know??? There are a lot!

Languages you speak/are learning: I am fluent in Lithuanian and Russian since these two are my mother tongues. I'd say I am fluent in English. I used to be very good in Polish, but now I only understand half of what the natives would say but I can speak it okay. I used to learn German in school, but I stopped in 11th grade because it got too difficult for me to concentrate on my upcoming exams. But I'll be learning German again next semester✌ and I would like to learn Korean, but I can't make myself to start :D maybe someday...

Random fact: I sleep with socks even when it's hot. That means every night I put on socks and go to sleep. That may sound weird. But I can't sleep without socks because my toes are cold!

Describe myself as an aesthetic: late night studying, coffee in the mornings, tea in the evenings, oversized clothing, bookshelves filled with old books I haven't read yet, playlist for any and every mood, night owl, moon and cold weather lover (idk how to do this type of thing sorry🙈)

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Thank you @agustdyccngi for tagging me!!! It was a surprise really, because I love you and I won’t lie, I fangirled when I saw that notification haha

I am tagging the amazing people I see in my notifs almost everyday and I love you guys very much uwu: @adoretaehyungie @impossiblevvings @yoonkookuwu @notamonstur @whippedforsuga @isabellepiedpiper @sttrazdaitte @sillysocks 💕

Also the most lovely 💖  @fiddle-styx @heshometome @kookmingold @jiminsrighthand @cafechim @mintysugasweet