{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-computer-room.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ffear-of-a-blackplanetcom-ft-andre-brock-8L3Nq0VU","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Fear of a BlackPlanet.com ft. André Brock","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/af804f6d-85eb-4789-9216-3cffd1abc7c6/b94bf4f8-6691-4fc5-aa9c-8ca20a2428ca/beige-minimalist-lifestyle-podcast-cover-1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/f3942f5b-71ab-44c1-a63b-993705ba8488\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Fear of a BlackPlanet.com ft. André Brock\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"André Brock, professor and author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures, popped by the show to talk about the origins of Black Twitter, the importance of writing about digital subcultures as they’re developing, digital whiteflight, and the first Black social networking site, BlackPlanet.com.\n\nFind André’s work here and on Twitter here.\n\nArticles referenced:\nHow Black people use Twitter, Farhad Manjoo\nYou Can Tweet Like This, Or You Can Tweet Like That, Or You Can Tweet Like Us, Post Bourgie\nWhat Were Black People Talking About on Twitter Last Night?, Choire Sicha\nMicah’s “Black people on Twitter” theory, Nick Douglas\nFrom the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation, André Brock\n…and the research on Black Twitter conducted by Deen Freelon, Meredith Clark, and Charleton McIlwain"}