Tweets, tweeps, and signifyin': Communication and cultural performance on "black twitter"

Television and New Media

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-237

  Florini, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black American culture; digital media; race; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893740453     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476413480247     Document Type: Article

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