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The Influence of Public Figures on Social Media in the Times of Covid-19

Chunrui ShaoTaylor’s University*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

In the early 21st century, social media was not prevalent. People cannot obtain more information through the Internet but only through the daily news broadcast on TV and traditional media such as newspapers and magazines. With the continuous advancement of the Internet, social media has become an indispensable tool and platform in people’s daily life. Especially in the covid-19 period, people can only communicate through social platforms when they have to work from home and maintain social distancing. During this period, people can go to work and study through social platforms at any time and forward and discuss current events on social platforms. This study based the investigation from the period covid-19 as a timeline in a progressive way, analyzing the events. This paper studies the influence of “Public Figures” on people. This study mainly collects data and uses a progressive method to explore the development trend of public figures’ effects During the different periods of covid-19. The results show that the experimental data is valid and draw valuable conclusions such as “social media has a great influence on public figure’s effect.” The Impact of Social Media on public figures in the Time of Covid-19.

Keywords: social media; social platform; public figures; Covid-19
Published: October 31, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/8/20231078
Volume: CHR Vol.8
pp. 279-285
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