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Themed Section: The Evolution of #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter: Social Movements, Big Data, and Race

#SayHerName: a case study of intersectional social media activism

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Pages 1831-1846 | Received 12 Dec 2016, Accepted 03 Apr 2017, Published online: 14 Jun 2017

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