American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact
Assistant Professor of Communications at American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact
PROFILE
Deen Freelon
FROM Deen Freelon
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Power of Hashtag Activism Technology has changed the way police incidents are captured, viewed and shared. But how has social media been used to shape the national conversation that follows? For instance, Black Lives Matter is now a household phrase. How did that come to be?
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