"Blackening the WhatsApp" - an analysis of the (re) appropriation of the cultural identity of the Black Youth Kalunga Group by the use of the application

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497737332

Keywords:

Social media, Black youths, WhatsApp, Digital activism

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the sociopolitical production of the black digital activism by observing the use of the application WhatsApp among the “Juventude Negra Kalunga” (Kalunga’s Black Youth), a group composed of black youngsters which has the objective of debating racial relations, by giving emphasis to the practice of the youth empowerment and youth identity. We intend to observe how the group interacts in this cyberspace and what are the developments that this virtual environment creates in the presencial relations and in the construction of debating forums to the practise of the black youth citizenship.  

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Author Biographies

Luizete Vicente da Silva, Federal University of Ceará (UFC)

Substitute professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) and PhD in Communication from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Graduated in Social Communication with a degree in Journalism from the Faculdade Estácio do Ceará (Estácio / FIC), specialization in Strategic Management in Public Policies from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and master in Communication from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Mídia, Política e Cultura is part of the study group. It develops researches in the areas of social media, public policies and ethnic-racial relations.

Márcia Vidal Nunes, Federal University of Ceará (UFC)

Graduated in Social Communication from the Federal University of Ceará (1983), Master in Sociology from the Federal University of Ceará (1991) and PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Ceará (1998). She is currently a retired professor, acting as a teacher of the Post-Graduation Program in Communication at the Federal University of Ceará, through PROPAP / UFC (Special Program for the Participation of Retired Teachers of UFC), working mainly on the following topics: media , citizenship, public policies and social movements.

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Published

2019-06-02

How to Cite

Silva, L. V. da, & Nunes, M. V. (2019). "Blackening the WhatsApp" - an analysis of the (re) appropriation of the cultural identity of the Black Youth Kalunga Group by the use of the application. Animus.Inter-American Journal of Media Communication, 18(36). https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497737332

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 36 (2019)

Section

TICs como prática social

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