“Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!” President Trump. The quote is one of many in an exchange of words between The United States and North Korea. The words were exchanged on multiple platforms such as the news and social media. This “war of words” highlights a bigger issue that is seen fairly often on social media. Based upon the reading selection “Social Media,” the issue of “Conflict and Social Media” is connected through the ideas/events of propaganda and civil empowerment. The article “Trump says His Nuclear Button is Much Bigger Then North Koreas” expresses ideas related to the issue of “Conflict and Social Media. For example, the article provides several ideas to support this issue. The article speaks of the words that have been said between both President Trump and Kim Jong Un. The words are not friendly and could have led to war at any moment. The tweets that have been posted by President Trump are depicted to make a mockery of Kim Jon Un and North Korea. …show more content…
The connection between the two is shown in through several examples found in the first reading. First, it shows how propaganda has changed from previous years and the effects that they have on society. The new forms of propaganda, including social media, reach out to new groups, such as children and millennials. The new forms of propaganda can influence them into having a social view from earlier ages even without really knowing what is really happening. For example, millennials who are on Twitter a lot have probably seen President Trumps tweets and are siding with him thinking that we could win a nuclear war and come out unscathed because Trumps “nuclear button is