Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century presents original scholarly essays, drawn from a range of theory-based applications and methodologies, that analyze media representations, effects, and practices relating to Black communities and their varying identities, with particular attention to attributes such as gender, sexuality, class, and ability status. By surveying newsprint, television, social media, podcasts, and more, this innovative collection explores intersections of identities and perspectives while centering the role of Black media creators, including producers, journalists, and influencers, to highlight Black representation across genres of mass media.
With a commitment to elevating marginalized voices, Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century advocates for the historical, present, and future value of Black media creators as intellectuals, workers, innovators, thought brokers, and champions of change in the United States.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Sheryl Kennedy Haydel
Part 1. Black Identities in Traditional Media: News Coverage, Broadcast Television, and More
Journalism, Protest News, and Black Perspectives
Danielle K. Brown
Staying with Black: How Black Identity and Representation Shape News Coverage
Gheni Platenburg
How the Black Women of HBOs Lovecraft Country Circumvent Stereotypes
Aisha Powell and Ashley Leveille
And the Category Is: The FX Series Pose, Intersectionality, and Black Trans Representation
David Stamps
Going Beyond Traditional Television: Black Millennials, Black Gen Z, and Netflix
Sharifa Simon-Roberts
Sexual Scripts, Politics of Pleasure, and Representations of Sexiness in Savage X Fenty
NDea I. Drayton
Part 2. Black Identities in Digital Media: Social Media, Podcasts, and More
Digital Wake Work
KáLyn Kay Coghill
If You Know, You Know: Black Digital Culture and the Right to Opacity
Jasmine Banks, Eden Harrison, and Pyar Seth
The Techno-Discourse of Kimberlé Crenshaws Intersectionality Matters Podcast
Rachel Grant
Digitized: The Visual Rhetoric of Black Feminist Storytellers on Instagram
Maurika Smutherman and Doris Wesley
#SayHerName: An Intersectional Analysis of Black Twitter in the Case of Jannie Ligons
Taryn K. Myers
Digital Nostalgia: Blackness, Beauty Culture, and Digital Feminized Labor on Instagram
Mel Monier