Wesley E Stevens
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wesley E Stevens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wesley E |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevens |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENS W E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0492-5468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
BlackExcellence and #BlackGirlMagic are for all of us
Situated within feminist media communication studies, this project uses critical technocultural discourse analysis to examine how #BlackExcellence emerges as a form of “digital Black practice” among Black women influencers and users. This study is framed within the context of the George Floyd protests in 2020 and 2021 as mainstream media outlets appropriated Black Excellence rhetoric in columns, listicles, and videos following this watershed mome…
Blackfishing on Instagram
This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfishing in late 2018 and is supplemented with a critical analysis of 27 news and popular press articles which comprise the media discourse surrounding t…
Blackfishing on Instagram
This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfishing in late 2018 and is supplemented with a critical analysis of 27 news and popular press articles which comprise the media discourse surrounding t…
Blackfishing on Instagram
This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfishing in late 2018 and is supplemented with a critical analysis of 27 news and popular press articles which comprise the media discourse surrounding t…
BlackExcellence and #BlackGirlMagic are for all of us
Situated within feminist media communication studies, this project uses critical technocultural discourse analysis to examine how #BlackExcellence emerges as a form of “digital Black practice” among Black women influencers and users. This study is framed within the context of the George Floyd protests in 2020 and 2021 as mainstream media outlets appropriated Black Excellence rhetoric in columns, listicles, and videos following this watershed mome…
Affordance (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Situated (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Appropriation (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Commodification (1 work) · Commodity (1 work)