Narrating Stance, Morality, and Political Identity

Building a Movement on Facebook

Lauren Zentz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:24th May '21

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This book offers unique insights into the use of Facebook after the 2016 US presidential election, interrogating how users in private groups draw on individual experiences in movement building and identity construction while also critically reflecting on ethnographic practices around social media.

The volume draws on the author’s own involvement in a specific Facebook group focused around activism and community organizing in Texas following the 2016 US presidential election. Chapters draw on the frameworks of "small stories" and "stance" to unpack the ways in which group members use parts of their individual stories to signal beliefs to others, present themselves in relation to the group, and signal virtues of moral authority on various pressing political issues. Building on these analyses, Zentz goes on to address ways in which the scales of politics are being navigated and modified at the grassroots level in our highly networked world. This book contributes to ongoing conversations about the realities of internet use within linguistic anthropology and new media studies, and how researchers might seek to account for social media use and access to this data as these technologies develop further.

This book is key reading for students and scholars in linguistic anthropology, media studies, and activism and social movement studies.

ISBN: 9780367776411

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

248 pages