Starting "Hashtag Activism" by Dr. Sarah J. Jackson and I think more of the "offline" people need to read things. The way the Internet influences the news (and vice versa) is something that's slept on.
Would also recommend Twitter and Teargas by Zeynep Tufekci.
it's partially what makes Elon's takeover so scary. it's a powergrab — of discursive power. I'm working on something unpacking it actually
Starting to read this too. I’m troubled by the BLM narrative as several ppl have dispelled the origin story + uncovered the hijacking of Ferguson. Urge people to read after the book https://thecorrespondent.com/5349/meet-darren-seals-then-tell-me-black-death-is-not-a-business/1512965275833-fe73c5b1
I’ll put it on my list because this is an important topic
Thanks for reading and recommending! As @wagatwe.bsky.social said, this is why the Twitter destruction by EM is so much more than ego, mismanagement, or bad politics, it always was an attack on the potential people had to rearrange the terms of the public sphere.