#BLM Agenda during the 2020 US Presidential Election Year: The Public Agenda of Twitter Publics Before and After the Offline Protests

• In Event: Social Media and American Politics

Brief Overview

Analyzing 3 million tweets in 2020 from the #blm hashtag, this paper investigates the agenda of #blm publics in the wake of the offline protests, a divisive 2020 US presidential election and the #defundthepolice movement.

Author

• Sharon M. Meraz, University of Illinois at Chicago