Black lives matter and the evolving role of social media

The article is written by Nikita Carney who argues that the youth of color played such an important role in the initiation of the Black Lives Matter debates in US. In the article. The writer examines the debate from a social media perspective especially Twitter. There has been an extensive struggle over the racism and race discourse across different nations including the United States. The writer has as well used the race theory and critical theory too for sociological analysis of the twitter data. Jee-Lyn García, Jennifer, and Mienah Zulfacar Sharif. "Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health. " American Journal of Public Health 105. 8 (2015): e27-e30. The authors of the article start by discussing the recent common nonindictments of the US police officers that killed black men who were unharmed.

The article, therefore, analyses the two major sources of news: Fox News and CNN to understand the political spectrum in the nation. Fox News is selected since it is more conservative, while CNN News is leaning more to the left. The article concludes that there is much difference in the manner in which the news sources in the country present opinions and use them to impact responses and opinions of the viewers particularly on the Black Lives Matter debate. Hart, Danae. "Challenging the System? The Potential for Radical Politics in the Age of Ferguson. The movement and its sympathizers have constantly made justice demands and demand for the dignity of the people of color in the country. However, there has been a criticism of the movement as most people claim that all lives matter rather than black lives.

The article has extensively applied the African American theories and other social conflict theories as well to understand the important influence the Black Lives Matter movement has had in decryption of the encrypted racism and killing of the blacks in the United States. Moore, Andrea LS. "Hyphy Sparked a Social Movement. Besides, it has gone to the extent of discussing the problem the movement has experienced in responding to the black lives matter and how it is perceived to be misleading by a section of the society. The article has effectively addressed the critical significance of Twitter and other social media platforms in rallying the African Americans to condemn the killings in the country. Mocombe, Paul C. "Against Critical Race Theory.