Black Networks Matter: The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests (Elements in Contentious Politics)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2024
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 75 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781009415835
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781009475709, 9781009475709
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/14/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Matthew David Simonson, Ray Block Jr., James N. Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, and David M.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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