Racial justice activist hashtags: Counterpublics and discourse circulation

Rachel Kuo

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Abstract

Using critical discourse analysis and network analysis, I address how racial justice activist hashtags #NotYourAsianSideKick and #SolidarityisforWhiteWomen circulate discourse across networked online publics within and outside Twitter. These hashtags showcase relationships between feminist online publics, demonstrate ways that hashtags circulate racial justice discourse, and exemplify the fluidity and intersectionality of racialized and feminist online publics. I draw on critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) (Brock, 2012) as my technique in order to examine the hashtag’s discursivity. In order to analyze message spread and network relationships, I then provide a network analysis that illustrates message circulation in online feminist spheres.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)495-514
Number of pages20
JournalNew Media and Society
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Activism
  • counterpublics
  • feminism
  • hashtags
  • intersectionality
  • networks
  • race
  • Twitter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science

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