When Narratives Travel: The Occupy Movement in Latvia and Sweden

Kaun, Anne

doi:10.1057/9781137434166_6

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“…Social movement scholars have long recognized the power of narratives (Polletta, 2006;Selbin, 2010), but the question of narrative agency has received relatively little attention in studies of digital activism (but see Clark, 2016;Kaun, 2015). In contrast to "traditional" forms of digital activism such as distributed denial-ofservice actions (DDoS) or signing online petitions, hashtag activism has a distinctly narrative character.…”

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Narrative Agency in Hashtag Activism: The Case of #BlackLivesMatter

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Hashtag activism happens when large numbers of postings appear on social media under a common hashtagged word, phrase or sentence with a social or political claim. The temporal unfolding of these mutually connected postings in networked spaces gives them a narrative form and agency. Applying Karlyn Campbell's propositions about rhetorical agency to the case of #BlackLivesMatter, this essay shows that narrative agency in hashtag activism derives from its narrative form as well as from its contents and social context. Narrative agency is communal, invented, skillful, and protean.

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confidence: 99%