Cambridge University Press
Black Networks Matter : The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests
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9781009475709
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9781009475709
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Black Networks Matter : The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests
$74.69
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.
| Author: Matthew David Simonson, Ray Block Jr, James N. Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, David M. J. Lazer |
| Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Date: Feb 15, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1009475703 |
| ISBN-13: 9781009475709 |
