#Hijab is a Hot Topic on Twitter – Infographic

Social Media Correspondents May 16, 2012

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The hijab, worn by Muslim women as a symbol of religious obedience and personal identity, generates heated debate. It is highly discussed on social media platforms like Twitter. In the past month the hijab has been mentioned over 5-thousand times. See infographic below.

Hijab on Twitter

By Social Media Correspondents

The Social Media Correspondents use multiple social media platforms to report on pertinent issues. The founding editor is journalist and Texas Southern University Journalism Professor Serbino Sandifer-Walker @sswalker (Twitter). The Chief SMC is Kenneth Ware Jr. @KennethWareJr (Twitter), New York Times Intern Reporter, Houston Chronicle Intern Reporter, BET blogger. *We are the first team in the nation, with a professional and collegiate news group, to use multiple social media as a reporting tool. We tell stories dynamically using a myriad of social and multimedia platforms. We are especially interested in telling under told stories in underserved communities. We use mobile phones to capture video, audio, photos and live events in the communities we cover. We live tweet and have a newsfeed on Twitter at #TwitterNewsChat. We're always thinking outside of the box.