Beyond the Hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the Online Struggle for Offline Justice
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Black Twitter itself is composed of heterogeneous clusters of Black digital practitioners.
“As Freelon, McIlwain, and Clark (2016) find, Black Twitter itself is composed of heterogeneous clusters of Black digital practitioners.”
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“As it became clear that the events in Ferguson had provoked nationwide concern, the phrase spread on social media and in the press [10].”
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- Authors
- Freelon, D., McIlwain, C. D., & Clark, M. D.
- Affiliations
- American University (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of North Texas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Freelon, Deen
- Venue
- SSRN Electronic Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016
- ISSN
- 1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2298387784
- Cited by
- 566
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 88 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 8
- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
- Issue Lab (Candid) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- ICPSR Data Holdings
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Keywords
- Black Lives Matter, Ferguson protests, police brutality, Twitter, social media activism, online political mobilization, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Black youth, police reform
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