Open AccessTWEETING BACK: EXPLORING BLACK FEMINIST HASHTAG COMMUNITIES ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
Author(s) -
Chelsea PetersonSalahuddin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
selected papers of internet research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-3317
DOI - 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12008
Subject(s) - social media , affordance , appropriation , sociology , context (archaeology) , mainstream , black women , perspective (graphical) , hegemony , gender studies , media studies , political science , psychology , computer science , politics , world wide web , history , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , artificial intelligence , law , cognitive psychology
The use of social media by Black women and femmes to talk abouttopics from a Black feminist perspective has been explored within the larger context ofstudies on Black Twitter and content analysis of circulated Tweets online. However, studieshave yet to empirically study Black feminist social media communities' nuanced dynamics bydirectly speaking to those involved across a range of networked conversations. To fill thisgap, this study conducted 21 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with individuals whoengaged in eight different black feminist hashtag conversations across Twitter and Instagramto expand our current understanding of how black feminist intellectual production has beendeveloped and broadened through the affordances of digital media. Findings suggest thatwhile black feminist hashtag discussions have allowed Black women to “talk back” tohegemonic mainstream and popular discourses about Black women, these conversations areconstantly at stake of appropriation and co-optation, replicating historical erasure ofBlack women’s intellectual production.