Race and Ethnicity in Facebook Images and Text: Thematic Analysis
It can be complicated to interpret image-based posts because of the subtle ways in which an image may reference race and ethnicity but does not explicitly mention it, or when there is a contradiction in the ideas portrayed in the image versus the text. Decoding this process on Facebook can help researchers boost the positive impacts and reduce the harmful effects of racism on social media.
Authors
- Thu T. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-045X)
- Heran Mane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8859-3282)
- Sarah M Gonzales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8928-1677)
- Shaniece Criss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-5377)
- Katrina Makres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-5512)
- Hyunchul Kim
- Dalmondeh D Nayreau
- Vaishnavi Bharadwaj
Institutions
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Furman University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/62713
- Primary Topic
- Social Media and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00