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Reports, articles and publications offer ways to strategize on behalf of media practitioners at risk, with an eye to minimizing its presence.

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In defiance of a ‘dying’ industry: The young reporters choosing journalism at its most volatile moment

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In defiance of a ‘dying’ industry: The young reporters choosing journalism at its most volatile moment

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Cultural Memory at Risk: The Global Crackdown on Museums and Memorials

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Cultural Memory at Risk: The Global Crackdown on Museums and Memorials

Poster Text Research Questions ● How do Black women using #ProtectBlackWomen on Instagram navigate the intersectionality of their gender and racial identities while discussing domestic and sexual violence occurring within Black communities? ● Are Black women challenging the culture of dissemblance within #ProtectBlackWomen discourse on Instagram? If so, how do we see dissemblance challenged and/or addressed in their posts? Abstract This study explores Black women’s online discussions of intraracial, gender–based violence through a study of the hashtag #ProtectBlackWomen on Instagram. Using the theoretical framework of historian Darlene Clark Hine’s culture of dissemblance, I aimed to understand how Black women online navigate conversations about victimhood while facing intra–community needs for protection from white supremacy. The culture of dissemblance describes how Black women maintain silence around their experiences of sexual and domestic violence, sexuality, sexual desire, and their inner lives as a form of self protection. Methodology ● Semi–structured, in depth interviews with 5 Black women and femmes familiar with #ProtectBlackWomen ● Critical discourse analysis of 44 Instagram posts relevant to #ProtectBlackWomen from 2020-2021 Thematic findings: Instagram 1. Demanding accountability from Black men/Black communities 2. Drawing parallels between state and interpersonal violence 3. Empowerment and mutual support among Black women Thematic findings: Interviews 1. #ProtectBlackWomen as a call to everyone 2. Centering Black women’s voices through the hashtag 3. Empowerment and mutual support among Black women Conclusion Through #ProtectBlackWomen, Black women have sought to break the patterns of silence that limited their ability to discuss intracommunity violence to broad audiences. Instead of allowing secrecy to define Black women’s experiences of gender-based violence as a form of self–protection, #ProtectBlackWomen posts use disclosure and education to resist harmful images and demand change.

Protect Black Women

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Protect Black Women

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Art in the Margins: Navigating Precarity, Risk and Resistance in Philadelphia’s Art Scene

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Art in the Margins: Navigating Precarity, Risk and Resistance in Philadelphia’s Art Scene

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Rural Journalism at Risk

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Rural Journalism at Risk

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Ukrainian Filmmakers – Documenting a Decade of War

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Ukrainian Filmmakers – Documenting a Decade of War

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Reporting Without Platforming: How News Media Coverage Feeds the Trolls

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Reporting Without Platforming: How News Media Coverage Feeds the Trolls

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How Murals by Black Artists Depict the Black Lives Matter Protests of 2020

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How Murals by Black Artists Depict the Black Lives Matter Protests of 2020

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Distress, Distrust & Disease: The Relationship between COVID-19 & the #EndSars Movement in Nigeria

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Distress, Distrust & Disease: The Relationship between COVID-19 & the #EndSars Movement in Nigeria

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The View from Journalism’s Post-Crisis Generation

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The View from Journalism’s Post-Crisis Generation