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BEAM method for Writing  (e.g. research project about the #metoo movement)
B
ackground: 
Onwuachi-Willig, A. (2018). What about# UsToo: The invisibility of race in the# MeToo movement. Yale LJF, 128, 105. 
Will use this to establish the history of the "me too" movement.

Exhibit:   
Lady Jane. [@letsgohawksgpg]. (2021, Oct. 15). With all the coverage of Gabby Petito it’s imperative you cover this story to balance it up [Tweet]. Twitter. https://tinyurl.com/vy3zn224
Will use this as an example from social media for the argument on the media's treatment of black women.

Argument: 
Onwuachi-Willig, A. (2018). What about# UsToo: The invisibility of race in the# MeToo movement. Yale Law Journal Forum, 128, 105.
Will use this to argue about how the media ignored black women (p. 116) & how corrupt police officers have "targeted black women, trans women, and other marginalized women because they are less likely to be believed" (p. 117)].

Method:
Sighele, S., Huhn, T. & Pireddu, N. (2018). The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/j.ctv8bt0w8 
Will use this to explain mob theory and how it applies to my argument.
 

Article citation Background Exhibit Argument Methods
Onwuachi-Willig, A. (2018). What about# UsToo: The invisibility of race in the# MeToo movement. Yale LJF, 128, 105. Will use this to establish the history of the #metoo movement.   Will use this to argue about how the media ignored black women (p. 116) & how corrupt police officers have "targeted black women, trans women, and other marginalized women because they are less likely to be believed" (p. 117)].  
Lady Jane. [@letsgohawksgpg]. (2021, Oct. 15). With all the coverage of Gabby Petito it’s imperative you cover this story to balance it up [Tweet]. Twitter. https://tinyurl.com/vy3zn224   Will use this as an example from social media on the media's treatment of black women.    
Sighele, S., Huhn, T. & Pireddu, N. (2018). The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/j.ctv8bt0w8       Will use this to explain mob theory and how it applies to my argument.

Some sources may have pieces for more than one area of B.E.A.M. perhaps even covering all of them and others may only be useful for one.