1st Edition

Narrating Stance, Morality, and Political Identity Building a Movement on Facebook

By Lauren Zentz Copyright 2021
272 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers unique insights into the use of Facebook after the 2016 US presidential election, interrogating how users in private groups draw on individual experiences in movement building and identity construction while also critically reflecting on ethnographic practices around social media. The volume draws on the author’s own involvement in a specific Facebook group focused around... Read more

List of Images

List of Tables

Preface: Some Context

Acknowledgments 

Timeline

Abbreviations

 

Chapter 1: Biographies, Stance, and Moral Politics: Analyzing stories in an era of destabilized politics and communication

Chapter 2: Challenging Ethnography: The ethics and relationships of online research

Chapter 3: "Our newfound optimism in democracy": Small stories of moral inspiration, epistemic authority, and affective appeal

Chapter 4: "You are a beautiful, talented, brilliant, powerful musk ox": Alignment, collaboration, and bonding in the formation of a group identity online

Chapter 5: "25 doors please": Keeping boots on the ground and fingers on the phone in a networked nation

Chapter 6: Biographies, Stance, and Moral Politics: Saving the nation in the social media age

Epilogue

Appendix A: Data coding and collection information and examples

Appendix B: Presentation of data

Index

Biography

Lauren Zentz is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Houston, USA.