Where it stared
#FessMustFall
was a student protest that began on October 2015. The protest was about
fighting against increase in fees in allSouth African Universities.For more info clickwikipedia.org/wiki/FeesMustFall
HOW DID #FessMustFall
INFLUNCE SOCIAL MEDIA
One might argue, but the #FessMustFall actually involved
everyone surrounded by social media. Students used hashtags to their advantage
of modern communication channels. The protest became
massive, because the #FessMustFall was running through twitter hashtags which
created awareness and to coordinate protests and launch petitions. By
comparison there were just over 6000 post on Facebook when the student campaign
started. These are tweets that were influenced by #FessMustFall campaign twitter.com/hashtag/fessmustfall.
Celebrities got involved using the #fessmustfall, because they are a big part of brand awareness in social media. Tumisho Masha, TV personality said “no one should b denied higher education on the basis of finances!”. They supported students to fight against high fees and to win free education. This was very important because it increased the level of awareness of the importance of #fessMustFall. celebs responds on #FessMustFall
How celebs responded to: Fees Must Fall
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| celebrities who supported #FessMustFall |
Celebrities got involved using the #fessmustfall, because they are a big part of brand awareness in social media. Tumisho Masha, TV personality said “no one should b denied higher education on the basis of finances!”. They supported students to fight against high fees and to win free education. This was very important because it increased the level of awareness of the importance of #fessMustFall. celebs responds on #FessMustFall
Reaction towards the
#fessmustfall from organisations
Many organizations were involved but President Jacob Zuma
and the department of education had to stand at the edge of the situation and
try to resolve it. At first the #Fessmustfall reaction from the department did
not meet the standards of students, cause it was announced that the will be
6%increase. Until the students showed that they would not fall for half
measures made the #fessmustfall a massive hastag in SA, then President enounced
the will be 0% increase rate. feesmustfall
#FEESMUSTFALL was a successful campaign because at the end it was 0% increase rate and students actually won and got what they were fighting for. Let us all students fight for our education because tomorrow is our future.campaign success
I think the organisations took time to respond especially the government and the department of education, because they are the ones who take charge in education matters. The fees must fall campaign took time to end which led to exams to be postponed because the government did not what to meet the demands of the students. If the organisations reacted towards the situation fast exams would be written on time, students were not gonna get arrested and institutions were not going to be violated, all this happened because students thought the government did not want to give them what they need and this made students to fight more and the strike occurred for a longer period.
You gave me a different perspective of the hashtag. Your recommendations are phenomenon. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThank you, i am glad that as students we fought and got what we wanted
Deletefees did not fall it is just a zero percent fee increament.
ReplyDeleteTrue to that, but fees didn't increase because if it wasn't for the strike it was not gonna be 0%
Deletewhen fees fall that means the will be a high percentage of students enrolling in universities, this basically means south Africa as a developing country.
ReplyDeleteUs as students should make sure we fight for our rights in South Africa and lets continue to make it a developing country
DeleteI like the fact that you decided to talk about the fees must fall issue, because it is an important topic for our country. I really agree with #FEES MUST FALL. The universities are becoming an entity, they are maximizing their profits with people's money which is not a good thing. And to think about it, we are not guaranteed that we are gonna get jobs when we finish studying so i still humbly say FEES MUST FALL.
ReplyDeleteMany students can not further their studies because of financial issues, that is why we should fight for our fees to decrease at a affordable price
DeleteThe government should provide for the students for them to b able to continue with their studies. Fees should b at its lowest and affordable price that is why Fees Must Fall
ReplyDeleteThe government should provide for the students for them to b able to continue with their studies. Fees should b at its lowest and affordable price that is why Fees Must Fall
ReplyDeletefees must fall to affordable price for all students to be able to further their studies
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