Acceleration and Personalization: Bringing Trans Issues to the Surface

The dynamics of acceleration and personalization, as observed by Poell and van Dijck, allow sources with varying levels of influence and certainly different degrees of media literacy to participate in the overall media coverage of a certain event, movement, or set of issues.

For example, a post such as this becomes more prominent because of the personalization dynamic. Even accounts with relatively small follower counts can reach larger audiences than just their immediate circle. This post's use of hashtags and a visually catching image with a condensed version of the user's message allows the post to spread to activists and related users that would agree and be able to spread the message in a simple format that is easy to digest.