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  title info:
    title: Black Women Faculty, Digital Social Networks, and Mobilizing Social Capital
  name:
    name part: French, Patrice B
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Alfred, Mary
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Patterson, Megan
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A&M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The purpose of this dissertation was to examine how Black women university-level faculty develop and use informal digital social networks to facilitate social capital. Black cyberfeminism and social capital theory were two theoretical traditions utilized as a conceptual framework for this study. Using a mixed-methodology design with social network analysis and critical discourse analysis, this dissertation examined the structures and connections within the Twitter #CiteBlackWomen informal network and explored discourse around gendered and racialized experiences of Black women within the academy. Throughout this dissertation I drew from user connections and content within the Tweets to examine and illustrate how the #CiteBlackWomen hashtag is used as an informal network for Black women faculty. Results of the social network analysis indicate a large, loosely connected network with small pockets of more densely connected clusters. The most central users in the network were likely to serve as a bridge between unconnected individuals within the loose network. Examining clusters revealed more cohesive structures and higher levels of mutual connections. Findings from the critical discourse analysis reveal an informal digital community used for a) disseminating information about work created by Black women, b) combating erasure of Black women⁰́₉s intellectual contributions and labor; and c) digitally mediated spaces for affirmation, accountability, and support. Findings from this dissertation provide evidence of individual and structural social capital formation within the #CiteBlackWomen network, although questions exist about how and to what extent do network participants access social capital. This dissertation demonstrated how informal digital networks can serve as professional communities of practice through creating a space for learning and development for Black women faculty. The #CiteBlackWomen network also was situated as a digital counterpublic and by confronting…
  note: by Patrice French.
  note: "Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/197317
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Educational Human Resource Development
  subject:
    topic: Twitter
  subject:
    topic: social media
  subject:
    topic: Black women
  subject:
    topic: faculty
  subject:
    topic: social network analysis
  subject:
    topic: critical discourse analysis
  subject:
    topic: mixed methods
  subject:
    topic: counterpublic
  subject:
    topic: social capital
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/197317
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 240819
    record change date: 20240820145855.2
    record identifier: in00005463583
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng