TY  - GEN
T1  - Black networks matter : the role of interracial contact and social media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in contentious politics,
A1  - Simonson, Matthew David
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2024
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781009415842
AB  - 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.
OP  - 85
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2024).
CN  - E185.86 .S56 2024
SN  - 9781009415842 (ebook)
SN  - 9781009475709 (hardback)
SN  - 9781009415866 (paperback)
SN  - 9781009475709
KW  - Black lives matter movement.
KW  - Mass media and race relations : United States.
KW  - African Americans : Social conditions : 21st century.
KW  - Social movements : United States : 21st century.
ER  -