In this book, Sherri Williams explores the digital activism of the
Black social TV audience, a subset of Black Twitter. In addition to
demands for social equality and shifts in social justice, Williams
argues, the Black social TV audience advocated for a representation
revolution in television, leading to some shows being blocked from
airing, some being taken off the air, and others even being revived.
Williams positions this activism as an extension of Black people's
historic advocacy related to the use of their image, dating back a
century to when the NAACP attempted to block screenings of the
notoriously racist 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. This book details
how Black audiences' use of social media impacted the way television
is watched, developed, and produced through digital discourse and
activism, primarily on Twitter (now known as X). Williams also
demonstrates how Black content directors, like Justin Simien and
Quinta Brunson, used social networks to develop their content and
loyalty among audiences to ultimately bypass Hollywood's traditional
gatekeepers. Finally, the book touches on contemporary events, such as
the COVID pandemic and Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, have
affected the ways in which Black content creators engage with their
content and audience and vice versa. Scholars of television studies,
social media studies, cultural studies, and sociology will find this
book particularly useful.
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How Black Twitter Changed Television
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ISBN
9781793616296
Publisert
2024
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Vendor
Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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