Title: #MarchForOurLives - #MoveMe - Social Movements and Social Media
Headings: #MarchForOurLives
#MarchForOurLives
Introduction
Geographic Mapping
Individuals and Demographics
Timeline
14.02.2018
MarchForOurLives (Parkland)
01.03.2018
MarchForOurLives2019
24.03.2018
March For Our Lives (DC)
01.04.2018
March For Our Lives (World)
Key Actors
Social Media Presence
Influential Posts
Analog Antecedents
Impact of the Movement
Critiques of the Movement
Conclusion
Author Biographies
Bibliography and References

Content: Five Parkland students from Marjory Douglas High School, Cameron Kasky, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Jaclyn Corin, and Alex Wind, made the cover of the April 2nd, 2018 issue of TIME Magazine. The story, titled “The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough,” captures snapshots of the students’ everyday lives since the Feb. 14 school shooting that killed 17 classmates and faculty members. [ 49]
Cover of April 2nd TIME Magazine Issue [50]
The 44th President of the U.S. Barack Obama wrote a column on the same TIME magazine praising the students for their advocacy for gun control. The incumbent President Donald J. Trump offered his prayers and condolences to the victims’ families, writing on Twitter, “no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school”. He followed up with a televised address mentioning school safety and mental health issues. A few days after the school shooting, Trump ordered flags at state building to be flown at half-staff across the entire country. President Obama wrote in the TIME magazine “This generation—of Parkland, of Dreamers, of Black Lives Matter—embraces that duty,” praising the students for raising more awareness of the apparent need for greater gun control in the country. Other Republican politicians, such as Marco Rubio, was criticized for defending the NRA and emphasizing mental health issues over gun control advocacy as the main cause of the school shooting only a few days after the incident. [ 51]
A high number of celebrities, TV show hosts, film directors and singers donated to the movement, and publicly expressed support. Notably, Taylor Swift, posted a picture in support of the movement March For Our Lives on Instagram, with a caption that included: “