{"id":1882,"date":"2016-11-21T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentnewsgrid.com\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2020-07-23T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T10:17:10","slug":"fees-must-fall-social-media-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/2016\/11\/21\/fees-must-fall-social-media-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Fees Must Fall on social media: Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe revolution will be tweeted.\u201d This caption is from one of Zapiro\u2019s cartoons concerning the 2015 Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests which is still relevant to this year\u2019s protest. #FeesMustFall is trending on a variety of social media platforms, it is no longer just on Facebook<\/em> and Twitter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This year the FMF protests have had more of a presence on other social media platforms like Instagram<\/em> and Youtube<\/em>. So far on Instagram<\/em> there have been over 59 000 posts and over 47 000 videos on Youtube<\/em> with #FeesMustFall. Social media has changed the way in which we interact with current affairs as online activism has become \u201ca thing\u201d. It has also changed the way events are reported. Media is able to provide live updates and student leaders have started to self-report as a result of tensions with mainstream media.<\/p>\n

Student News Grid<\/em> has considered how Facebook, Instagram, Twitter<\/em> and Youtube<\/em> have been used to engage with the FMF movement. In order to fully explore and explain how each platform has been used, four articles will be published with each one focusing on a particular platform. In this article we look at FMF on Instagram<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>On Instagram<\/em>\u00a0the majority of users have posted either videos or pictures to express their opinions on FMF. With that said, the platform has also been used to report on what has happened at various universities and to spread awareness of upcoming FMF events around the country. \u00a0In this article Student News Grid<\/em> has only shown some of the most liked pictures and most watched videos; this does not mean that these are the only comments people are making but simply shows what people seem to have more of a response to.<\/p>\n

The most liked picture was posted by uctjustkidding. The picture is a comment on 2016 as a confusing and weird year with some of what has happened. The FMF movement features in the image as somewhat shocking to see where FMF has popped up. The movement has undeniably hit the entire country. This becomes more evident when FMF appears in unexpected places like MTV African Music Awards where well-known rapper Casper Nyovest\u00a0took off his shirt to reveal “Fees Must Fall”written in bold on his body.<\/p>\n

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At the start of 2016 if you told me that this year we'd witness our president dabbing, a white man on an ANC poster, a #FeesMustFall placard at @rockingthedaisies, and @akaworldwide and @casspernyovest squash their beef, I'd have told you to gerara here… 2016, you have been weird and confusing AF #thanks #anditsnotevenoveryet<\/a><\/p>\n

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