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Bearing witness while black : African Americans, smartphones, and the new protest #Journalism / Allissa V. Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Allissa V., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black lives matter movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism tells the story of this century's most powerful black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists. At the height of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, African Americans filmed and tweeted evidence of fatal police encounters, spurring a global debate on excessive police force, which disproportionately claimed the lives of African Americans. The book reveals how smartphones, social media, and social justice empowered black activists to create their own news outlets, continuing a centuries-long, African American tradition of using the news to challenge racism.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-093555-3
- 0-19-093556-1
- 0-19-093554-5
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