In their new book, out now from The MIT Press, Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles unpack the phenomenon of hashtag activism. Through the use of hashtags like #blacklivesmatter, #girlslikeus, and #justicefortrayvon, the authors explore the way online networks can take up a cause and organize around it. In this video, Jackson, Presidential Associate Professor at the Annenberg School, provides an overview of the book.
