Charlton Mcilwain
Biographic Data
| ID | 1379818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlton Mcilwain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlton |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcilwain |
| SIGNATURE | MCILWAIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Algorithmic discrimination
This paper extends the literature on algorithmic discrimination to analyze the racialized harms and outcomes of online targeting. In addition to providing a genealogy, we argue that targeted ads are apparatuses designed to discriminate: to find patterns based on past racial trends; and selectively expose communities to resources (while excluding others), under promises of personalization and optimization. Rooted in a sociohistorical and infrastru…
Introducing
Journal Article Introducing: the JOC academic posse cut Get access Charlton McIlwain, Charlton McIlwain Media, Culture, and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, USA Corresponding author: Charlton McIlwain. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nikki Usher Nikki Usher Department of Communication, College of Arts and S…
CommunicationSoWhite
Racial inequalities and the colonial legacies of White supremacy permeate scholarly and public discussions today. As part of an ongoing movement to decenter White masculinity as the normative core of scholarly inquiry, this paper is meant as a preliminary intervention. By coding and analyzing the racial composition of primary authors of both articles and citations in journals between 1990–2016, we find that non-White scholars continue to be under…
Analytic Activism
Racial formation, inequality and the political economy of web traffic
Few studies attempt to demonstrate whether and how systemic racial inequality might form on the web. I use racial formation theory to conceptualize how race is represented, and systematically reproduced on the web, and how both may reveal forms of racial inequality. Using an original dataset and network graph, I document the architecture of web traffic, and the actual traffic patterns among and between race-based websites. Results demonstrate tha…
Quantifying the power and consequences of social media protest
The exercise of power has been an implicit theme in research on the use of social media for political protest, but few studies have attempted to measure social media power and its consequences directly. This study develops and measures three theoretically grounded metrics of social media power—unity, numbers, and commitment—as wielded on Twitter by a social movement (Black Lives Matter [BLM]), a counter-movement (political conservatives), and an …
From deracialization to racial distinction
While many scholars attribute Barack Obama's success in the 2008 presidential election to his so-called deracialized campaign strategy, I argue that Obama constructed a persuasive message strategy that was fundamentally based on race. I argue that in pursuing what I call a racial distinction strategy, Obama mobilized race differently than previous Black candidates running in White-voter electoral majorities. Specifically, Obama's racial distincti…
"Race" For America 2008
The Works of the Mind
Quantifying the power and consequences of social media protest
The exercise of power has been an implicit theme in research on the use of social media for political protest, but few studies have attempted to measure social media power and its consequences directly. This study develops and measures three theoretically grounded metrics of social media power—unity, numbers, and commitment—as wielded on Twitter by a social movement (Black Lives Matter [BLM]), a counter-movement (political conservatives), and an …
From deracialization to racial distinction
While many scholars attribute Barack Obama's success in the 2008 presidential election to his so-called deracialized campaign strategy, I argue that Obama constructed a persuasive message strategy that was fundamentally based on race. I argue that in pursuing what I call a racial distinction strategy, Obama mobilized race differently than previous Black candidates running in White-voter electoral majorities. Specifically, Obama's racial distincti…
The Works of the Mind
From deracialization to racial distinction
While many scholars attribute Barack Obama's success in the 2008 presidential election to his so-called deracialized campaign strategy, I argue that Obama constructed a persuasive message strategy that was fundamentally based on race. I argue that in pursuing what I call a racial distinction strategy, Obama mobilized race differently than previous Black candidates running in White-voter electoral majorities. Specifically, Obama's racial distincti…
"Race" For America 2008
Quantifying the power and consequences of social media protest
The exercise of power has been an implicit theme in research on the use of social media for political protest, but few studies have attempted to measure social media power and its consequences directly. This study develops and measures three theoretically grounded metrics of social media power—unity, numbers, and commitment—as wielded on Twitter by a social movement (Black Lives Matter [BLM]), a counter-movement (political conservatives), and an …
Racial formation, inequality and the political economy of web traffic
Few studies attempt to demonstrate whether and how systemic racial inequality might form on the web. I use racial formation theory to conceptualize how race is represented, and systematically reproduced on the web, and how both may reveal forms of racial inequality. Using an original dataset and network graph, I document the architecture of web traffic, and the actual traffic patterns among and between race-based websites. Results demonstrate tha…
CommunicationSoWhite
Racial inequalities and the colonial legacies of White supremacy permeate scholarly and public discussions today. As part of an ongoing movement to decenter White masculinity as the normative core of scholarly inquiry, this paper is meant as a preliminary intervention. By coding and analyzing the racial composition of primary authors of both articles and citations in journals between 1990–2016, we find that non-White scholars continue to be under…
Analytic Activism
Introducing
Journal Article Introducing: the JOC academic posse cut Get access Charlton McIlwain, Charlton McIlwain Media, Culture, and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, USA Corresponding author: Charlton McIlwain. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nikki Usher Nikki Usher Department of Communication, College of Arts and S…
Algorithmic discrimination
This paper extends the literature on algorithmic discrimination to analyze the racialized harms and outcomes of online targeting. In addition to providing a genealogy, we argue that targeted ads are apparatuses designed to discriminate: to find patterns based on past racial trends; and selectively expose communities to resources (while excluding others), under promises of personalization and optimization. Rooted in a sociohistorical and infrastru…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works)