What’s next for whiteness and the Internet

ABSTRACT

This essay explores future areas of inquiry for those interested in understanding the dynamic character of whiteness in the social media environment. Whiteness is not static, but changes to secure it position of domination and it is important for scholars to pay attention to the role of social media in reproducing whiteness.

KEYWORDS:

• Anonymity
• globalization
• interactivity
• social media
• vilification

Notes on contributor

Thomas K. Nakayama is the Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is the founding editor of the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication and co-founding editor of QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (Michigan State University Press). He is the fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. His research interests are intercultural communication, and race and sexuality studies in communication