Distributed blackness African American cybercultures

'Distributed Blackness' places blackness at the very center of internet culture. Andre Brock Jr. claims issues of race and ethnicity as inextricable from and formative of contemporary digital culture in the United States. It analyzes a host of platforms and practices (from Black Twitter to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brock, Andre L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York New York University Press 2020, 2020
Series:Critical cultural communication / Critical cultural communication
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:'Distributed Blackness' places blackness at the very center of internet culture. Andre Brock Jr. claims issues of race and ethnicity as inextricable from and formative of contemporary digital culture in the United States. It analyzes a host of platforms and practices (from Black Twitter to Instagram, YouTube, and app development) to trace how digital media have reconfigured the meanings and performances of African American identity
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2020
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9781479811908