This cultural analysis explores how DC natives represented themselves on Twitter via#
DCNativesDay. The analysis found that Twitter users engaged in hashtag activism to share …

Our lives are increasingly constructed through the dynamic interactions between our
physical or embodied presence in the material world and our digitally mediated experiences …

This dissertation broadly explores the intersections and tensions among race, social media
usage, identity, and culture. More specifically, its purpose is to examine how Black Twitter …

Announcing presidential decisions, debating social issues, disputing the latest
developments in television shows, and sharing funny memes—Twitter has become a space …

Colonizing the neighborhood is more accessible than ever before with digital platforms like
Nextdoor. Through a critical discourse analysis of users' content in West Philadelphia …

The internet has become an integral part of social activism. The widespread nature of
movements such as# OccupyWallStreet and# BlackLivesMatter on social media …

This major research paper argues that Instagram is an emerging mechanism of
displacement as it reinforces urban and social inequality to facilitate cycles of racialized …

The unique experience of Black Americans in the United States produces a physical and
cultural space with a long history of misuse, commodification, and theft of the Black …

What sparks a revolution? In August 2014, millions were spurred to action by the death of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. By fall of that year, protests surrounding Brown's …

This article investigates the complex rhetorics of racial authenticity online, intermixing
ethnography and critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) to understand African …