Building an Infrastructural Praxis: Understanding Twitter's Embeddedness in the U.S.-Mexico Border

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dc.contributor.authorLindgren, Chris A.en
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Maggieen
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T13:47:49Zen
dc.date.available2023-09-18T13:47:49Zen
dc.date.issued2022-10-01en
dc.date.updated2023-09-16T13:56:08Zen
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we document how Twitter is embedded within the U.S.-Mexico border and used to reorganize the oppressive conditions perpetuated by the border’s sociopolitical history. We do so through a mixed-methods case-study of three polarized, yet tangled, activist movements on Twitter, each of which responded to Trump’s border wall plans and zero-tolerance policy that separated asylum-seeking im/migrant children from their families. The hashtag movements included the liberal #FamiliesBelongTogether supporters (FBT), Trump Republican #BuildTheWall supporters (BTW), and liberal Anti-Wall (AW) #NoBorderWall and #TrumpShutDown denouncers. Findings indicate how the liberal activist movements inherited systemic issues of the broader U.S.-Mexico border infrastructure. Overall, we call for TPC to continue developing research agendas that learn from social activist networks so the field can understand its role in shaping the broader media infrastructure.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 166-207en
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dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.orcidLindgren, Chris [0000-0002-4954-7598]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/116290en
dc.identifier.volume22en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.urihttps://reflectionsjournal.net/2022/08/building-an-infrastructural-praxis-understanding-twitters-embeddedness-in-the-u-s-mexico-border/en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectborder rhetoricsen
dc.subjectcommunication designen
dc.subjectinfrastructureen
dc.subjectmatrix of dominationen
dc.subjectonline activismen
dc.subjectsocial justiceen
dc.subjectsocial network analysisen
dc.subjecttechnical and professional communicationen
dc.titleBuilding an Infrastructural Praxis: Understanding Twitter's Embeddedness in the U.S.-Mexico Borderen
dc.title.serialReflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Rhetoric and Writingen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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