An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between black millennial political activism and social media use. In Phase One of the study, the attitudes of 126 black 18-29 year olds were measured via survey. Results from the survey show that there is a significant relationship between soc...

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Main Author:	Bailey, Janessa R
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Published:	ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2017
Subjects:	social media activism black millennials social movement African-American Twitter
Online Access:	http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/aas_theses/42 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=aas_theses

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spelling	ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-scholarworks.gsu.edu-aas_theses-10462017-06-07T15:36:48Z An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism Bailey, Janessa R The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between black millennial political activism and social media use. In Phase One of the study, the attitudes of 126 black 18-29 year olds were measured via survey. Results from the survey show that there is a significant relationship between social media use and political activism. In Phase Two, ten high-scoring participants from Phase One were interviewed and analyzed using thematic coding. Examination of the influence of social media on black millennials can inform strategy used for the advancement of black communities and black activism through widespread, effective communication and an advocacy platform accessible by all. 2017-08-08T07:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/aas_theses/42 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=aas_theses African-American Studies Theses ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University social media activism black millennials social movement African-American Twitter
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spellingShingle	social media activism black millennials social movement African-American Twitter Bailey, Janessa R An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
description	The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between black millennial political activism and social media use. In Phase One of the study, the attitudes of 126 black 18-29 year olds were measured via survey. Results from the survey show that there is a significant relationship between social media use and political activism. In Phase Two, ten high-scoring participants from Phase One were interviewed and analyzed using thematic coding. Examination of the influence of social media on black millennials can inform strategy used for the advancement of black communities and black activism through widespread, effective communication and an advocacy platform accessible by all.
author	Bailey, Janessa R
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title	An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
title_short	An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
title_full	An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
title_fullStr	An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
title_full_unstemmed	An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism
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publisher	ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Black Millennial Social Media Use and Political Activism

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