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Twitter to rebrand as ‘X’ – ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts available

July 25, 2023

Elon Musk has announced that his controversially-acquired social media platform Twitter will re-brand as ‘X’. The change began with the replacement of the blue bird icon, and is expected to be implemented across the platform in the coming weeks. 

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to discuss what this means for the platform’s future and marketing strategy and the changing landscape of social media.  

AVAILABLE ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EXPERTS

PETER CHOW-WHITE, professor, School of Communication; director, Genomics and Networks Analysis Lab (GeNA Lab)   
petercw@sfu.ca
Expertise: technology and communication, social media and social networks, the Internet

STEVE KATES, associate professor, marketing, Beedie School of Business   
skates@sfu.ca
Expertise: brands, branding, brand management, consumer psychology, consumer culture

AVIVA PHILIPP-MULLER, assistant professor, marketing, Beedie School of Business
aviva_philipp-muller@sfu.ca
Expertise: psychology of branding and marketing communications, consumer responses to technology, consumer response to moral transgressions in the marketplace

CONTACT

MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

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778.782.3210

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