Frictional memory: The afterlives of lynching in the digital public spheres
Published online on February 11, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article investigates the digital afterlives of lynching, how its memory is invoked, refracted, and contested on Twitter. Drawing on a hybrid methodological approach that combines computational analysis of tweet corpora with interpretive readings, the ...
This article investigates the digital afterlives of lynching, how its memory is invoked, refracted, and contested on Twitter. Drawing on a hybrid methodological approach that combines computational analysis of tweet corpora with interpretive readings, the ...