We tried to tell y'all: Black Twitter and the creation of digital counternarratives

"For decades, Black folks in America have used different media technologies with the express purpose of telling the truth about themselves and their experiences. "We Tried to Tell Y'all" adds to this rich history by positioning Black Twitter as both a space for building and susta...

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1. Verfasser: Clark, Meredith D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in digital politics
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Zusammenfassung:"For decades, Black folks in America have used different media technologies with the express purpose of telling the truth about themselves and their experiences. "We Tried to Tell Y'all" adds to this rich history by positioning Black Twitter as both a space for building and sustaining community connections, as well as a tool for the development of digital counternarratives that stand in juxtaposition to news media coverage that distorts the reality of what it's like to be Black in America in the early 21st century. Drawing on interviews, personal observation, and news analysis, the book offers insight on the dynamic nature of how Black social media users' experiences on platform shaped social movements, elevated the voices of Black women intellectuals from all walks of life, and repeatedly shifted popular culture. As part of the emerging canon on Black digital cultural studies, the book is a testament about the gap between who the news media say Black people are, and who we know ourselves to be"--
Beschreibung:xvii, 174 pages illustrations 24 cm
ISBN:9780190068141
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