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Black Lives Matter protests shift public discourse

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  • Zackary Okun Dunivin

    (a Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405;; b Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Luddy School of Informatics, Computer Science, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408;)

  • Harry Yaojun Yan

    (b Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Luddy School of Informatics, Computer Science, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408;; c The Media School, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405;)

  • Jelani Ince

    (d Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195)

  • Fabio Rojas

    (a Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405;)

Abstract

This study uses large-scale news media and social media data to show that nationwide Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests occur concurrently with sharp increases in public attention to components of the BLM agenda. We also show that attention to BLM and related concepts is not limited to these brief periods of protest but is sustained after protest has ceased. This suggests that protest events incited a change in public awareness of BLM’s vision of social change and the dissemination of antiracist ideas into popular discourse.

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  • Zackary Okun Dunivin & Harry Yaojun Yan & Jelani Ince & Fabio Rojas, 2022. "Black Lives Matter protests shift public discourse," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 119(10), pages 2117320119-, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nas:journl:v:119:y:2022:p:e2117320119
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    1. Colin Klein & Ritsaart Reimann & Ignacio Ojea Quintana & Marc Cheong & Marinus Ferreira & Mark Alfano, 2022. "Attention and counter-framing in the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Brannon, Tiffany N. & Marshall, Riley A., 2023. "Twin pandemics, intertwined (intergroup) solutions: Support for mitigating racism benefits vaccine hesitancy," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 321(C).
    3. Campbell, Travis, 2024. "Black Lives Matter’s effect on police lethal use of force," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

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