Black Networks Matter : The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests Hardback
by Matthew David (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Simonson, Ray (Pennsylvania State University) Block Jr, James N. (University of Rochester, New York) Druckman, Katherine (Rutgers University, New Jersey) Ognyanova, David M. J. (Northeastern University) Lazer
Part of the Elements in Contentious Politics series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:94 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/02/2024
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- ISBN:9781009475709
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:94 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/02/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009475709
