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Participatory Media In Social Media

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Social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, enable its users to engage in political discussions regarding current events, due to the decentralization of traditional media. The shift from traditional and unilateral media, as for instance television and broadcasting services to interactive and modern media, enables the recipients to participate in discussions. “The structural power [which was] traditionally held by the media to shape and disseminate news about the world and the limitations of the individual foreign correspondent as a conduit to global events have now met the radically disseminated world of digital media” (Owen 118). Further, „Neue Medien [wie die oben genannten] bieten attraktive und praktische Mittel, …show more content…

The American scholar and television personality Marc Lamont Hill defines Nobodyness as those who are “abandoned by the State” (18), and “considered disposable” (19). In addition, “Nobodyness is largely indebted to race” (19) and “cannot be divorced from other forms of social injustice” (19). Therefore, participatory media can be used by the segregated and minoritoes, the so called “Nobody[s]” (18), in order to form a counter public for demands, illustrated by “Black women - cis and trans, […] with little access to institutional power [who] have played […] [a] role in shaping recent national conversations about […] police brutality […] with the creation of hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter” (Jackson 377). Participatory media, therefore, can be considered a response to exclusionary mass media that features mainstream estimations and prohibits a dialog between parties. This dialogue on interactive online platforms can facilitate this active, “polyvocal citizenship” (Milner 2361), intending that the previously “marginalized will have a means to find information and engage in public conversation on more equal footing” (Milner 2361). However, “millennial activists have rejected […] politics that guided much of the civil rights movement of the 1950s as 1960s and have turned to new technologies as a tool for the promulgation and solidification of messages, nurturing a counter public community that centers the voices of those most of the at the margins” (Jackson 376). Thereupon, the marginalized or “Nobody[s]” are enabled “to […] confront systematic form[s] of state violence” (Hill 18) as police brutality through participatory media as

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In his article, “Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples writes about his encounters with people during his nighttime walks in and around the city streets of Chicago and New York. He argues that, as a result of crimes committed by criminals of African American descent, people tend to quickly avoid him because they assume that he will likely mug them because of the color of his skin. Nevertheless, on the subject as to whether this article is an appropriate and good example of the reaction of others, it is quite obvious that this is a good example of the reaction of others, given how Brent Staples spent much of his time working in the city as a journalist, and that crime rates are high in inner city areas. However, despite the fact that this

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Crime, Citizenship, and the Court’s analyzation of Incarceration, Inequality, and Imagining Alternatives have revealed the prevalent racial profiling that exists in the African American community. Bruce Western emphasizes the prominent levels of incarceration in minority neighborhoods elaborating on the negative effects that these rates have on families, communities, and lifestyles. He reiterates that “incarceration deepens inequality because its negative social and economic effects are concentrated in the poorest communities” (Western, 297). When we analyze Fox News media portrayals of Martin, we could begin to understand why African Americans change their methods of transportation, clothing, and routines. These men adapt to the reality of racial profiling in fear that one day, they may contribute to the high incarceration rates within their communities.

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It has often been said that “that this is a greatest period for people of all races to live in.” Yet with change in society over time , there has a been a divide over the truth about that statement. In dialogue about race issues within the United States, one controversial issue has been about systemic racism towards people of colour, in particular, black americans. On one hand, Ralph Ellison, a recent predecessor to our present time argues that no matter what the future holds, people will judge others based on their association, their image, which will. In relation, a modern black activist group, Black Lives Matter, argues that even though change has come to America race relations, black people are still endangered by the system.

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The social justice movement known as “Black Lives Matter” is justified and sound because it makes a valid and thought-provoking point about the murder of innocent african americans and the stereotypes that come with these homicides. ”Black Lives in Public Spaces”,written by Brent Staples, talks about how a black male can’t walk through the streets without being seen as a kidnapper walking into a store and immediately identified as a felon. The Black Lives Matter movement is justified because it has become to common to see on the news the injustices that have been committed against the African American populace. It is so common that even African-Americans themselves have accepted this and found ways to deal with it. Brent Staples makes a point

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Moore’s segment in the documentary Bowling for Columbine also supports Ehrenreich’s argument that the shows humiliate the lower class. Just as the clips of minorities arrested cause fear, they also give a sense of humiliation. The clips give viewers a sense of resignation when you see the restlessness of the lower class’ heads being forced against pavement. Both ideas presented by Moore and Ehrenreich suggest that these shows are negative sensationalism toward the lower

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While I am interested in a variety of national and international issues, United States social justice issues directly hit home. Growing up in the rural south, I was always aware of the subtle racial tensions that were a part of everyday life. As an African-American female, I took extra precaution to avoid stereotypes and be seen in the most favorable light. The increased access to social media over the past few years has brought to light many of the silent injustices that have disproportionately affected minorities, particularly in the realm of police brutality.

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In The Meaning of Freedom, activist Angela Davis critiques the plausibility of democracy and collective freedom in the United States. By examining parallels between slavery and the carceral state, Davis contends that the two systems mutually characterize black people as disposable and compels them to incapacitation. Focusing on the two oppressive systems’ reliance on the maintenance of ignorance, Davis discusses how this ignorance is connected to America’s dominant sentiments of capitalism and self-interest, which, altogether, perpetuate cycles of abuse that disproportionately harm communities of color and lower-class peoples. As a result, this propels the creation of social hierarchies which, because it inherently cultivates inequalities, causes America’s classification as a “democracy” to be impossible.

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