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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This book argues that in addition to seismic shifts in social justice, Black Twitter's activism fueled a representation revolution in television. Sherri Williams explores how Black social TV -- a subset of Black Twitter -- successfully got shows blocked from airing, taken off the air, and even revived as a result of its digital activism.
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Chapter 1: Black Social TV: Posting, Clicking, and Tweeting toward ChangeChapter 2: Twisted Sisters: Distorted Images of Black WomenChapter 3: Digital Discourse: Analyzing Black Social TV DialogueChapter 4: Digital Gladiators: How Social Television Made Scandal a HitChapter 5: Second Screen Strategies: How Networks and Shows Engage in Black Social TVChapter 6: From the Second Screen to the TV Screen: How Black Creators Bypass Hollywood’s Gatekeepers through Social MediaChapter 7: The Pandemic Pivot: How Club Quarantine and Verzuz Transformed the Second Screen into the First ScreenChapter 8: Platforms, Protests and Programs: The Present and Future of Black Social TV
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781793616289
Publisert
2024-12-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Vekt
472 gr
Høyde
237 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
196
Forfatter
Biographical note
Sherri Williams is professor of journalism and media studies at American University.