WE FOUND OUT WHO’S POSTING HOW IT’S BEING POSTED WHERE THOSE POSTS ARE COMING FROM AND WHY SOUTH CAROLINA HAS SOME OF THE MOST ENGAGEMEN THIS IS A HUGE MONUMENTAL MOMENT OF HISTORY THAT WE’RE EXPERIENCING HERE THE COMPILED DATA HERE FROM THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SOCIAL MEDIA LISTENING CENTER SHOWS MILLIONS OR TALKING ABOUT THIS MOMENT. WE’RE GATHERING THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO’S TALKING ABOUT IT WHY THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT IT WHO THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE TYPES OF ATTITUDES THAT ARE BEING FORMED THE DATA SHOWS. MILLENNIALS AREN’T THE MAIN. IT’S PUSHING THE CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, BUT THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 35. THAT’S PARTICULARLY INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERYONE KIND OF EQUATES SOCIAL MEDIA WITH MILLENNIALS GRAD STUDENT KELSEY SCHULENBURG SAYS MONITORING THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS ONLINE OFFERS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN WATCHING ON TELEVISION TO GET INFORMATION WITHOUT FEELING LIKE A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT IS PUSHED UPON YOU IT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOURSELF BASED ON DATA. THAT DOESN’T HAVE AN AGENDA. DOESN’T HAVE A SPIN AND THE SMLC SHOWS WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING DATA SHOWS ENGAGED COASTAL STATES RED OR BLUE POST THE MOST INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA. I THINK WE HOLD A LOT MORE SWAY IN ELECTIONS. THEN WE NECESSARILY THINK THAT WE DO JUST BECAUSE WE THINK OF OURSELVES A LITTLE GUY, BUT IN FACT WE ACTUALLY ACT AS A KIND OF FOR FRONTRUNNER STAGE IN A LOT OF ELECTION TALK IN GENERAL AS TO WHAT TO WATCH F NEXT WITH THESE HEARINGS DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT IN NEGATIVE WAYS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AT WHAT POINT MAYBE THAT SHIFTS WHERE POSSIBLY DONALD TRUMP BECOMES MORE OF A POSITIVE FIGURE OR POSSIBLY A TIM SHIEFF BECOMES A MORE POSITIVE FIGURE OR IF STAYS THE SAME. ANOTHER REASON WHY SOUTH CAROLINA SEEMS TO BE LEADING IN SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT ON THESE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS THESE STUDENTS TELL ME SOUTH CAROLINA HAS GROWN MORE DIVERSE AND ITS POLITICAL OPINIONS. WE’RE LIVE FROM THE CLEMSON BUREAU HERE W