Black networks matter : the role of interracial contact and social media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
| Autor: | Simonson, Matthew David, author |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| ISSN: | 2633-3570 2633-3570. |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: Scholars have long recognized that interpersonal networks play a role in mobilizing social movements. Yet, many questions remain. This Element addresses these questions by theorizing about three dimensions of ties: emotionally strong or weak, movement insider or outsider, and ingroup or cross-cleavage. The survey data on the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests show that weak and cross-cleavage ties among outsiders enabled the movement to evolve from a small provocation into a massive national mobilization. In particular, the authors find that Black people mobilized one another through social media and spurred their non-Black friends to protest by sharing their personal encounters with racism. These results depart from the established literature regarding the civil rights movement that emphasizes strong, movement-internal, and racially homogenous ties. The networks that mobilize appear to have changed in the social media era. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. |
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