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I got all my sisters with me (on Black Twitter): second screening ofHow to Get Away with Murderas a discourse on Black Womanhood

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In addition to performing racial identity on Black Twitter, Black users also use the platform to host discourse on Blackness. Tweets, hashtags, and trends associated with the television show How to Get Away with Murder are used to demonstrate that second screening and co-viewing of the series on Twitter enables a technocultural discourse on a shared cultural history of Black womanhood. Specifically, we address scenes portrayed in HTGAWM and highlight the intersection of race and gender. From a critical Black feminist lens we analyze the response on Black Twitter.

Source: Information Communication & Society

DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2017.1303077

Authors: Apryl Williams, Vanessa Gonlin

Institution: Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Feminism, and Media

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Texas A and M University, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University