By 2018, this gap had shrunk, with 26 percent of all African American adults using Twitter, compared to 24 percent of white adults and 20 percent of Hispanic adults. 1.5.2 Black Women's Experience on Black TwitterĪccording to a 2015 report by the Pew Research Center, 28 percent of African Americans who used the Internet used Twitter, compared to 20 percent of online white, non-Hispanic Americans.Īlthough Black Twitter has a strong Black American user base, other people and groups are able to be a part of this social media circle through commonalities in shared experiences and reactions to such online. As a result, South African Black Twitter users are more likely than not to post critical messages about Helen Zille, a prominent white politician. This means that Black Twitter users in South Africa are more prominent than their white counterparts. proving adept at bringing about a wide range of sociopolitical changes.' Ī similar Black Twitter community grew in South Africa in the early 2010s. įeminista Jones described it in Salon as 'a collective of active, primarily African-American Twitter users who have created a virtual community.
Black Twitter is an internet community largely consisting of African-American users on the social network Twitter focused on issues of interest to the black community in the United States.
