#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice

Author:   Sarah J. Jackson (University of Pennsylvania) ,  Moya Bailey (Assistant Professor, Northeastern University) ,  Brooke Foucault Welles (Assistant Professor, Northeastern University) ,  Genie Lauren
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
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9780262043373


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   10 March 2020
Format:   Paperback
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"This ""well-researched, nuanced"" study of the rise of social media activism explores how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent (Ms.) The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags, including #JusticeForTrayvon, #BlackLivesMatter, #YesAllWomen, and #MeToo to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In this book, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including Black Americans, women, and transgender people. They show how marginalized groups, long excluded from elite media spaces, have used Twitter hashtags to advance counternarratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. The authors describe how such hashtags as #MeToo, #SurvivorPrivilege, and #WhyIStayed have challenged the conventional understanding of gendered violence; examine the voices and narratives of Black feminism enabled by #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, and #SayHerName; and explore the creation and use of #GirlsLikeUs, a network of transgender women. They investigate the digital signatures of the ""new civil rights movement""-the online activism, storytelling, and strategy-building that set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter-and recount the spread of racial justice hashtags after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other high-profile incidents of killings by police. Finally, they consider hashtag created by allies, including #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite."

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Author:   Sarah J. Jackson (University of Pennsylvania) ,  Moya Bailey (Assistant Professor, Northeastern University) ,  Brooke Foucault Welles (Assistant Professor, Northeastern University) ,  Genie Lauren
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm
ISBN:  

9780262043373


ISBN 10:   0262043378
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   10 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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In this well-researched, nuanced text, the authors examine the rise of internet activism as evidenced by movements such as #SayHerName, #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and #GirlsLikeUs and their effects on culture, climate and justice. -Ms. In #HashtagActivism, communication studies professors Sarah J. Jackson and Brooke Foucault-Welles and Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies professor Moya Bailey examine how a series of hashtags, including #GirlsLikeUs, #SayHerName, and #Ferguson, became the epicenters of larger movements for equity. -Bitch Magazine


In this well-researched, nuanced text, the authors examine the rise of internet activism as evidenced by movements such as #SayHerName, #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and #GirlsLikeUs and their effects on culture, climate and justice. -Ms.


In #HashtagActivism, communication studies professors Sarah J. Jackson and Brooke Foucault-Welles and Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies professor Moya Bailey examine how a series of hashtags, including #GirlsLikeUs, #SayHerName, and #Ferguson, became the epicenters of larger movements for equity. -Bitch Magazine In this well-researched, nuanced text, the authors examine the rise of internet activism as evidenced by movements such as #SayHerName, #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and #GirlsLikeUs and their effects on culture, climate and justice. -Ms.


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Sarah J. Jackson is Presidential Associate Professor inthe Annenberg School for Communicationat the University of Pennsylvania. Moya Bailey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies at Northeastern University. Brooke Foucault Welles is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University.

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