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#DigitalDissentRhetoric: A Rhetorical Grounding of Contemporary Social Media Activism

Foote, Justin Gus
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1554307381165225

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Communication Studies (Communication).
The increasing use of social media as a venue for political discussion creates an opportunity for rhetorical scholars to (re)evaluate the rhetorical nature of such discourse. Understood colloquially as “social media activism,” or “digital activism,” one unique tool utilized to convey political messages has been the implantation of “hashtag campaigns.” Specific to this project is the usage of hashtag campaigns to convey messages of dissent. Termed digital dissent, this project examines the implications of hashtags illustrating racial inequality. This project explores a rhetorical grounding of contemporary digital activism and argues the proliferation of digital dissent influences a reconceptualization of democracy. Embracing dissent as fundamental democratic discourse, this project also argues that social media can serve as a venue for robust democratic political action. This work evaluates social media as a mechanism for enacting a rhetorical robust democratic public in an effort to identify and initiate social change.
Michael Butterworth (Advisor)
Raymie McKerrow (Committee Member)
Roger Aden (Committee Member)
JW Smith (Committee Member)
Judith Grant (Committee Member)
328 p.
Communication; Rhetoric
Rhetoric; Democracy; Dissent; BlackLivesMatter; Dissensus

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  • Foote, J. G. (2019). #DigitalDissentRhetoric: A Rhetorical Grounding of Contemporary Social Media Activism [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1554307381165225

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Foote, Justin. #DigitalDissentRhetoric: A Rhetorical Grounding of Contemporary Social Media Activism. 2019. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1554307381165225.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Foote, Justin. "#DigitalDissentRhetoric: A Rhetorical Grounding of Contemporary Social Media Activism." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1554307381165225

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