The Issue Agendas of the #BlackLivesMatter Networked Publics during the 2016 US Presidential Election

• In Event: Twitter Politics: Networked Power, Partisanship, and Activism

Brief Overview

This study examines over 4 million tweets during the Feb-Nov 2016 time period on the #blacklivesmatter movement for its networked public agendas and issue platforms in the face of growing hate speech proliferation.

Author

• Sharon M. Meraz, University of Illinois at Chicago