Watching me watching you: black women in Britain on YouTube

Sobande, Francesca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-4099 2017. Watching me watching you: black women in Britain on YouTube. European Journal of Cultural Studies 20 (6) , pp. 655-671. 10.1177/1367549417733001

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Abstract

YouTube and video bloggers (vloggers) have been a source of academic interest, yet few studies explore the representation or experiences of Black women on YouTube. The video blogs (vlogs) of Black women yield symbolic digital resources which young Black women may engage with in self-exploratory, self-educating, resistant and collective ways. This article reflects on 21 in-depth interviews with young Black women in Britain, aged 19–33 years. It addresses how their engagement with Black women’s vlogs intersects with identity and ideological work, including participation in Black digital diasporic dynamics. Influenced by research about Black women and media culture, resistant YouTube activity, as well as race and everyday uses of celebrity, this article explores the YouTube usage of young Black women in Britain, while reflecting on what this reveals about their lives in the early 21st century. This article forms part of ‘On the Move’, a special issue marking the twentieth anniversary of the European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	SAGE
ISSN:	1367-5494
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 March 2019
Date of Acceptance:	20 November 2017
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2024 14:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/120265

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