Snapchat has taken over a significant part of a majority of college students' life and it is definitely worth considering how this change has influenced our lives. The research on snapchat explores and creates awareness to the general audience regarding this revolution from a wider lens and expand knowledge on this particular aspect of social media.
The articles and reports includes how Snapchat is being embraced as an antidote to a world where nearly every feeling, celebration and life moment is captured to be shared, logged, liked, or commented. Shontell Alyssons report provides statistics that translates the major revolution into numbers, therefore estimating the influence of this application. Moreover, Alexrod and Waxman’s articles connect this idea of Snapchat being used by Universities to recruit and engage their students. This is an unique way to reach out to the contemporary student body and the “selfie” trend that follows with the student body. This trend of Snapchatting by University officials has also been supported by Waxman's article that says, "Colleges have been Instagramming and texting students for a while, but with Snapchat, which is image-based, they’re taking another step in communicating with Generation Y in their own language."
The articles and reports includes how Snapchat is being embraced as an antidote to a world where nearly every feeling, celebration and life moment is captured to be shared, logged, liked, or commented. Shontell Alyssons report provides statistics that translates the major revolution into numbers, therefore estimating the influence of this application. Moreover, Alexrod and Waxman’s articles connect this idea of Snapchat being used by Universities to recruit and engage their students. This is an unique way to reach out to the contemporary student body and the “selfie” trend that follows with the student body. This trend of Snapchatting by University officials has also been supported by Waxman's article that says, "Colleges have been Instagramming and texting students for a while, but with Snapchat, which is image-based, they’re taking another step in communicating with Generation Y in their own language."