Racial justice activist hashtags: Counterpublics and discourse circulation

Using critical discourse analysis and network analysis, I address how racial justice activist hashtags #NotYourAsianSideKick and #SolidarityisforWhiteWomen circulate discourse across networked online publics within and outside Twitter. These hashtags showcase relationships between feminist online pu...

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Published inNew media & society Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 495 - 514
Main Author Kuo, Rachel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2018
Subjects
counterpublics
Activism
hashtags
race
intersectionality
feminism
Twitter
networks
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Summary:Using critical discourse analysis and network analysis, I address how racial justice activist hashtags #NotYourAsianSideKick and #SolidarityisforWhiteWomen circulate discourse across networked online publics within and outside Twitter. These hashtags showcase relationships between feminist online publics, demonstrate ways that hashtags circulate racial justice discourse, and exemplify the fluidity and intersectionality of racialized and feminist online publics. I draw on critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) (Brock, 2012) as my technique in order to examine the hashtag’s discursivity. In order to analyze message spread and network relationships, I then provide a network analysis that illustrates message circulation in online feminist spheres.
ISSN:1461-4448
1461-7315
DOI:10.1177/1461444816663485