This week we received a brief that we had to curate and maintain 3 social media accounts that followed a theme. I decided to make an instagram page because I use it daily and know how it works. I also made a tumblr so I could try out something new and see how each social media platform impacted what and how I wrote on them. I also made a twitter account because I had never ever used it before and I wanted to try something different. It was also interesting having one that was purely word based.
My tumblr one was based on poeple with amazing moustaches and beards. It’s always been a fascination of mine and the fact that poeple enter competitions for their facial hair is amazing. My Instagram page was based on the colour yellow. It is one of my favourite colours and I noticed that Birmimgham was a very yellow and orange place and I wanted to portray that through the page. My twitter account was based on conversations between me and my best friend. I wanted it to be relatable but funny and I think I achieved that.
After presenting out social media pages to the group I gathered some helpful imformation to expand the pages and take them further. For my yellow Instagram page I could geotag future posts to see where in Birmingham I took the pictures. This would make it more personal and as though I was writing a diary with yellow pictures. For my twitter I could make some of the conversations longer so they varied in length, this could give it a more comedic effect.
Jemimah’s University blog 