Black Social Television - How Black Twitter Changed Television

This book argues that in addition to seismic shifts in social justice, Black Twitter's activism fueled a representation revolution in television. Sherri Williams explores how Black social TV -- a subset of Black Twitter -- successfully got shows blocked from airing, taken off the air, and even revived as a result of its digital activism.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Black Social TV: Posting, Clicking, and Tweeting toward Change
Chapter 2: Twisted Sisters: Distorted Images of Black Women
Chapter 3: Digital Discourse: Analyzing Black Social TV Dialogue
Chapter 4: Digital Gladiators: How Social Television Made Scandal a Hit
Chapter 5: Second Screen Strategies: How Networks and Shows Engage in Black Social TV
Chapter 6: From the Second Screen to the TV Screen: How Black Creators Bypass Hollywood's Gatekeepers through Social Media
Chapter 7: The Pandemic Pivot: How Club Quarantine and Verzuz Transformed the Second Screen into the First Screen
Chapter 8: Platforms, Protests and Programs: The Present and Future of Black Social TV

About the author

Sherri Williams is professor of journalism and media studies at American University.

Product details

• Authors: Sherri M. Williams
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9781793616289
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-628-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism