Seeing is more than believing: Visual media, social media, and anti-racism on college campuses

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dc.contributor.authorBlissett, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Dominique J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T17:47:07Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T17:47:07Z
dc.description.abstractRecent years have seen a rise in activism on college campuses in the United States that has not been seen for many years. One particularly interesting wave of movements is those campaigns that arose in the wake of I, Too, Am Harvard in early 2014, in which students used visual media to share stories of marginalization and push for anti-racism on their university campuses. Over the course of two years, the campaign spread rapidly across the nation and world to over 40 campuses, where it took on its own life at each. Here we highlight, based on our observations as well as evidence gathered from our broader research agenda, the important role of visual and social media in the spread and success of these movements. We argue that the use of these new forms of communication and media was instrumental in defining the political influence of these student protests.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://public.imaginingamerica.org/blog/article/seeing-is-more-than-believing-visual-media-social-media-and-anti-racism-on-college-campuses/en_US
dc.format.extent21 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2owgk-py2i
dc.identifier.citationBlissett, Richard S. L., and Dominique J. Baker. "Seeing is more than believing: Visual media, social media, and anti-racism on college campuses." Digital Engagements; Or, the Virtual Gets Real 4, no. 2 (2018). https://public.imaginingamerica.org/blog/article/seeing-is-more-than-believing-visual-media-social-media-and-anti-racism-on-college-campuses/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/28859
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSyracuse University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Center for Democracy and Civic Life
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dc.titleSeeing is more than believing: Visual media, social media, and anti-racism on college campusesen_US
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