{"product_id":"9781009475709","title":"Black Networks Matter : The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests (Elements in Contentious Politics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eScholars have long recognized that interpersonal networks play a role in mobilizing social movements. Yet, many questions remain. This Element addresses these questions by theorizing about three dimensions of ties: emotionally strong or weak, movement insider or outsider, and ingroup or cross-cleavage. The survey data on the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests show that weak and cross-cleavage ties among outsiders enabled the movement to evolve from a small provocation into a massive national mobilization. In particular, the authors find that Black people mobilized one another through social media and spurred their non-Black friends to protest by sharing their personal encounters with racism. These results depart from the established literature regarding the civil rights movement that emphasizes strong, movement-internal, and racially homogenous ties. The networks that mobilize appear to have changed in the social media era. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49862733725944,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":150.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781009475709-1.jpg?v=1783625126","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/zh\/products\/9781009475709","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}