Social Media + Black identity

Social Media + Black identity 
1) List three theorists discussed in the article and what they believe regarding black identity.
  • Henry Jenkins states that social media has caused Fan cultures are examples of "participatory cultures". Participatory cultures involve fans acting not only as consumers but also as producers and creators of some form of creative media. Though most fan cultures, including sports fans and fans of music groups, have elements of participatory culture, media fandom in particular encourages creative expression and artistic production by its participant.
  •  However Giddens believes that social media could be used as  platform for creation and progression of more positive black identities.
  • Lastly, the theorist, Aisha Harris thinks that social media is a big part of reason that black people have a many negative connotations compared to their counterparts. Aisha Harris considers that fast development of social media has caused a media to outlet a pathway where can be dehumanised or victimised.

 In your opinion, is social media a positive or negative force when it comes to issues of black identity? 

It is estimated that there are 60 million daily active snapchat users in the U.S. and Canada since its founding five years ago. However, black people haven’t limited their impactful presence to one platform. An estimated 48 percent of online African-Americans use Instagram. “Black Tumblr and Black twitter" is a unofficial designation assigned to the community due to is a cultural force and influence to these websites. Recently at the start of this year in 2018, there have been new apps such as 'Blitter' created for the large influence group known on the internet, they have been able to fund and make their own sites.
 In conclusion, Black Americans heavily influence everything entertainment to political discourse to the culture and conversations that fuel the internet. However, it seems that black users on social platforms are largely ignored by the companies who build them.


3) How could you apply the post-colonial theories we have learned in class to the issue of social media and black identity?

First of all, Alvarado theory is extremely relevant to the topic as it relates to  The factor of 'dangerous' which popularised  through the representation of the black people within the digital sites.
Also Fanon theory is relevant as this relates to the portrayal of the minorities  groups on the web as 'De-civilised'.



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