DocNow Advisory Board Meeting 2016 Panel 1: Social Media and Opportunities for Research in African American History and Culture

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Documenting the Now. 2015. DocNow Advisory Board Meeting 2016 Panel 1: Social Media and Opportunities for Research in African American History and Culture. Documenting the Now Project, Documenting Ferguson, accessed November 1, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ferguson/item/109527

Title: DocNow Advisory Board Meeting 2016 Panel 1: Social Media and Opportunities for Research in African American History and Culture
Description: African Americans and other marginalized people are some of the earliest adopters and heaviest users of social media platforms. From #Ferguson to #BlackLivesMatter, they use these platforms to come together around shared culture, to generate new narratives, to engage with the public without filters, and to consume content on their own terms. Social media has been a powerful tool for the further democratization of information sharing and consumption. What new opportunities do social media platforms, their users, and the records they generate, present for research on marginalized people in academic fields such as history, sociology, communications studies, journalism, etc? Panelists will draw on their own work and also offer perspectives on new opportunities in social media research in their respective fields.
Date: 2016
Creator: Documenting the Now
Tags: African American History; African American Culture; Library Science; Information Technology; Research Ethics; African Americans; Black Lives Matter; Social Media Archiving; Ferguson; Social Media
Submitted By: Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson; Dr. Sarah Jackson; Dr. Mark Anthony Neal
Editor: Steven Vance
Publisher: Documenting the Now Project; Washington University in St. Louis
Funder: Mellon Foundation
Rights: CC-BY 3.0 US
Format: Video
Extent: 01:02:00:00