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General Editors: Jonathan Gray, Aswin Punathambekar, Adrienne Shaw Founding Editors: Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kent A. Ono

Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media Isabel Molina-Guzmán

The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet Thomas Streeter

Our Biometric Future: Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture of Surveillance Kelly A. Gates

Critical Rhetorics of Race Edited by Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. Ono

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Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 Evelyn Alsultany

Visualizing Atrocity: Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness Valerie Hartouni

The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences Katherine Sender

Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture Sarah Banet-Weiser

Technomobility in China: Young Migrant Women and Mobile Phones Cara Wallis

Love and Money: Queers, Class, and Cultural Production Lisa Henderson

Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture Stephanie Ricker Schulte

Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe Timothy Havens

Citizenship Excess: Latino/as, Media, and the Nation Hector Amaya

Feeling Mediated: A History of Media Technology and Emotion in America Brenton J. Malin

The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century Catherine R. Squires

Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries Edited by Derek Johnson, Derek Kompare, and Avi Santo

Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-Language Radio and Public Advocacy Dolores Inés Casillas

Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay Nitin Govil

(p.iii) Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship Lori Kido Lopez

Struggling for Ordinary: Media and Transgender Belonging in Everyday Life Andre Cavalcante

Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century Suzanne Leonard

Homegrown: Identity and Difference in the American War on Terror Piotr Szpunar

Dot-Com Design: The Rise of a Useable, Social, Commercial Web Megan Sapnar Ankerson

Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity Ralina L. Joseph

Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution Ramon Lobato

The Identity Trade: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online Nora A. Draper

Media & Celebrity: An Introduction to Fame Susan J. Douglas and Andrea McDonnell

Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry Suzanne Scott

Locked Out: Regional Restrictions in Digital Entertainment Culture Evan Elkins

The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place Germaine R. Halegoua

Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures André Brock, Jr.

Beyond Hashtags: Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks Sarah Florini (p.iv)

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• Title: Beyond hashtags : racial politics and black digital networks / Sarah Florini.
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• Subjects: LCSH: African Americans and mass media. | African American mass media. |Race in mass media.
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