| Title: |
Black Networks Matter ; The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests |
| Authors: |
Simonson, Matthew David; Block Jr, Ray; Druckman, James N.; Ognyanova, Katherine; Lazer, David M. J. |
| Source: |
ISBN 9781009415842 9781009475709 9781009415866. |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
book |
| Language: |
unknown |
| ISBN: |
978-1-00-941584-2; 978-1-00-941586-6; 1-00-941584-0; 1-00-941586-7 |
| DOI: |
10.1017/9781009415842 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009415842 |
| Rights: |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EDB5713D |
| Database: |
BASE |