All Lives Matter, By Nikita Carney Essay - 1344 Words

Media bias is displayed repeatedly in news coverage of black tragedies and in the persecution of black bodies. From protest following the non indictments of cop killing unarmed black men to the uninformed persecution of the BlackLivesMatter movement, mainstream media is constantly standing in opposition to anything that threatens the status quo. My five articles assessed said media bias, and if that bias whether negative or positive affected the African-American community. Nikita Carney’s â€Å"All Lives Matter, but so Does Race: Black Lives Matter and the Evolving Role of Social Media† assesses the role of social media as a public sphere, capable of influencing public discourse and the evolution of social media as a platform for discussing racial injustice. Carney uses twitter as her subject and analyzes the opposing discourse surrounding hashtags â€Å"#BlackLivesMatter† and â€Å"#AllLivesMatter† occurring after the non-indictments of white police officers in the killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. These hashtags represent opposing ideology about police brutality and the persecution of black bodies. Carney begins by establishing Twitter as a place for marginalized youth of color to engage in meaningful discourse about their experiences of racial inequality. Carney notes that â€Å"different groups viewing the same media coverage interpret issues of race and police violence in drastically different ways†, p roving the existence of confirmation bias on social media. Millennials have