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“Most of the tweets in the sample did not contain social movement frames… 65% of the tweets … contain a frame that highlights violations to the individual rights of African Americans and makes demands based on the individual rights enshrined in the United States Constitution and guaranteed by state and local laws."

What Kind of Movement is Black Lives Matter? The View from Twitter What Kind of Movement is Black Lives Matter? The View from Twitter Calls to action issued by BLM activists on Twitter show calls to systemic action and not violent action Calls to action issued by BLM activists on Twitter show calls to systemic action and not violent action FIGURE 1. Social movement frames by category. FIGURE 1. Social movement frames by category. As Table 1 illustrates, all six of the Twitter feeds of the BLM groups con- tained fewer tweets in the resource mobilization category than in the informational and expressive communication categories. Overall, only 3,492 tweets, a figure that constitutes 19% of the sample, contained content aimed at mobilizing resources to strengthen the advocacy work of the six SMOs examined in this paper. As Table 1 illustrates, there were 7,061 informational tweets, a figure that comprises 39% of the overall sample As Table 1 illustrates, all six of the Twitter feeds of the BLM groups con- tained fewer tweets in the resource mobilization category than in the informational and expressive communication categories. Overall, only 3,492 tweets, a figure that constitutes 19% of the sample, contained content aimed at mobilizing resources to strengthen the advocacy work of the six SMOs examined in this paper. As Table 1 illustrates, there were 7,061 informational tweets, a figure that comprises 39% of the overall sample
What Kind of Movement is Black Lives Matter? The View from Twitter
Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Tillery, Alvin B., Jr.
Vol. 4 Issue 2, pp. 297–323, 2019
10.1017/rep.2019.17
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