I Can’t Breathe: How Digital Video Becomes an Emancipatory Technology

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dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Jordana
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMoquin, René
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T20:19:38Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T20:19:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractThis grounded theory study explores how bystander digital video distributed via social media documents perceived injustice and serves as an emancipatory technology. Using 30 examples, the study provides insight into how bystander videos impact perceived social injustice with potential visual evidence and how bystander videos ultimately shape larger social movements. We find that potential evidentiary video events break down into eight theoretical areas: instigation, target, place, perceived injustice, tools, witness, potential evidence, and outcomes. We find that while bystander video spread through social media can indeed serve as an emancipatory technology with substantial positive outcomes, care must be taken to avoid oversaturation that could result in desensitization and lower efficacy.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.768
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/71388
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Impact and Information Systems
dc.subjectcellphones
dc.subjectdigital activism
dc.subjectemancipatory technology
dc.subjectsmartphones
dc.subjectvideo activism
dc.titleI Can’t Breathe: How Digital Video Becomes an Emancipatory Technology
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