#Aboriginallivesmatter: Mapping Black Lives Matter discourse in Australia

Dejmanee, T; Millar, J; Lorenz, M; Weber, K; Zaher, Z

#Aboriginallivesmatter: Mapping Black Lives Matter discourse in Australia

Dejmanee, T

Millar, J Lorenz, M Weber, K Zaher, Z

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Media International Australia, 2022, 184, (1), pp. 6-20
Issue Date:: 2022-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dejmanee, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7517-211X
dc.contributor.author	Millar, J
dc.contributor.author	Lorenz, M
dc.contributor.author	Weber, K
dc.contributor.author	Zaher, Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-01T23:16:24Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-01T23:16:24Z
dc.date.issued	2022-08-01
dc.identifier.citation	Media International Australia, 2022, 184, (1), pp. 6-20
dc.identifier.issn	1329-878X
dc.identifier.issn	2200-467X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164020
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the hashtag #AboriginalLivesMatter on Instagram which was widely used in Australia as part of a global Black Lives Matter (BLM) response in 2020. We map the participants and themes of #AboriginalLivesMatter through the quantitative coding and qualitative thematic analysis of 603 Instagram posts published with this hashtag in June 2020. We find that this conversation is largely driven by celebrities and non-Indigenous participants and framed by themes including expressing the problem as first-person experience, offering solutions, reporting, performing empty statements, and expressing US-centrism. Drawing on critiques of connective action and our analysis of the Instagram platform, we suggest that these findings are indicative of the tensions negotiated between incorporating allies on platforms that prioritise sharing first-person experiences; balancing the communicative capacities of Instagram with its inherently commercialised digital cultures; and, drawing on the spreadability of global digital movements while maintaining cultural specificity for local activists.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Media International Australia
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1329878X221088053
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	16 Studies in Human Society, 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing, 20 Language, Communication and Culture
dc.title	#Aboriginallivesmatter: Mapping Black Lives Matter discourse in Australia
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	184
utslib.for	16 Studies in Human Society
utslib.for	19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Digital and Social Media
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dc.date.updated	2022-12-01T23:16:23Z
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pubs.volume	184
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Abstract:

This paper explores the hashtag #AboriginalLivesMatter on Instagram which was widely used in Australia as part of a global Black Lives Matter (BLM) response in 2020. We map the participants and themes of #AboriginalLivesMatter through the quantitative coding and qualitative thematic analysis of 603 Instagram posts published with this hashtag in June 2020. We find that this conversation is largely driven by celebrities and non-Indigenous participants and framed by themes including expressing the problem as first-person experience, offering solutions, reporting, performing empty statements, and expressing US-centrism. Drawing on critiques of connective action and our analysis of the Instagram platform, we suggest that these findings are indicative of the tensions negotiated between incorporating allies on platforms that prioritise sharing first-person experiences; balancing the communicative capacities of Instagram with its inherently commercialised digital cultures; and, drawing on the spreadability of global digital movements while maintaining cultural specificity for local activists.

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