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As I discussed in Part 1 of this blog post, live-tweeting was not completely new territory for me. However, that is not saying that I did not have things to learn or improve on throughout the session.

The movies that I live-tweeted over the past few weeks include:

1. Ghost In The Shell
2. The Matrix
3. Robot and Frank
4. Blade Runner (2049)
5. Ready Player One
6. Alita: Battle Angel

I mentioned in part one of my live-tweeting blog that I wanted to get better at engaging with other student’s tweets. Not only is live-tweeting a skill, but the ability to engage with other students is something that is very important too.

Who is this movies target audience? Is it me? Because I frothed iron giant growing up I used to to watch it so much! #bcm325 #readyplayerone

— Sam Cunningham (@_sammedia) May 21, 2020

I engaged with other students by retweeting tweets that I thought were interesting or something that I had not yet thought of. I actually found that a lot of the time I would have the same idea in mind that others had, but not quite have the skill to voice what I was trying to say.

#BCM325 A clear forerunner to the capitalist dystopia of 2049. The wraithlike images of Elvis and Marilyn, commodified and objectified in death as in their own lifetimes, in many ways anticipate how Joi & K himself are viewed as products, not people.

— Julia Belikova (@JustJulessss) May 14, 2020

Replying to others tweets and creating conversation, was also something I did that I did not do often in my previous post. Through replies, you can gather people’s insight on a topic, as well as a different perspective. I used questions in my tweets to find out these things.

I wonder if there is anyone in this movie who does not also live in the Oasis? Like everything, there are also people who don't adopt the change. Is it required to be apart of the Oasis #BCM325

— Gemma McCammon (@gemma_mccammon) May 21, 2020

Are memories what make us human #BCM325

— Gemma McCammon (@gemma_mccammon) May 13, 2020

I also wanted to provide my own insight into certain topics, so I did my best to reply to others tweets too.

#BCM325 Some people claim to remember TV coverage of Nelson Mandela’s death in the 1980s, even though he lived until 2013. Is “The Mandela Effect” proof that whoever is in charge of our simulation is changing the past? Thoughts??? – The Vulture.

— Julia Belikova (@JustJulessss) April 29, 2020

He is only believing he isn't 'the one' because the Oracle told him so. What if she told him he was? #BCM325

— Gemma McCammon (@gemma_mccammon) April 30, 2020

"He is abandoning you with a machine" #RobotandFrank I think this a common thought by those still warming up to the idea of robot helpers. Do you agree? I think if anything his son did it because he cares more rather than wants to abandon him #bcm325 #uowcreative

— Anthea Tomaras (@_antslife_) May 6, 2020

Through my last set of tweets for my earlier blog post, I was trying to just tweet a lot as opposed to tweeting good tweets. I focused on quantity over quality. This time around attempted to only tweet things that were meaningful. This may have been through the links I put forward or the thoughts I had about specific things in the movie.

Although I was not perfect at live-tweeting, there were still things that I believed I initially did right. I continued to provide secondary sources to provide more information on a topic.

Last blog post I did not prepare any tweets, although there is no evidence of this I tried doing it this time around. Through doing this it allowed me to engage more with the film, as I was not so worried about getting tweets out.

A new way to increase engagement on my feed was to introduce polls. I would ask a question and pose two different scenarios. This allowed users to engage with me, without having to comment, in case people aren’t yet comfortable with that.

Would you rather know the matrix exists or just live in it and not know? #BCM325

— Gemma McCammon (@gemma_mccammon) April 30, 2020

Overall, I think my tweeting has improved over this session. Obviously, there is always room for improvement. I am now in my final semester of university, although I probably won’t have to live-tweet again, it is still a good skill to have. It teaches you how to engage with things and find other resources and topics that are relevant. Through linking things to lecture content it allows you to understand more.