Twitter and Non-Elites: Interpreting Power Dynamics in the Life Story of the (#)BRCA Twitter Stream
In May 2013 and March 2015, actress Angelina Jolie wrote in the New York Times about her choice to undergo preventive surgery. In her two op-eds, she explained that − as a carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation − preventive surgery was the best way to lower her heightened risk of developing breast and o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-09-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117733224 |