During the civil unrest emphasizing the Black Lives Matter movement amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Instagram was widely adopted by activists, journalists, and the general audience to disseminate and gather information about critical social issues and protests. Through a survey sampling Black Instagram users (N = 402), this study examined how Black people’s use of Instagram and its specific features—Instagram Carousel, Instagram Live, Instagram Story, standard post, and comment section—influenced their Black activism orientation, in-app activism engagement, and Black racial identity ideology. The results indicated that, along with Instagram use, Instagram network politicalness, diversity, and authenticity are also important predictors.

在 COVID-19 大流行期间强调“黑人的命也是命”运动的内乱期间，Instagram 被活动人士、记者和普通观众广泛采用，以传播和收集有关关键社会问题和抗议活动的信息。通过对黑人 Instagram 用户 ( N = 402)进行抽样调查，本研究调查了黑人对 Instagram 的使用及其特定功能（Instagram Carousel、Instagram Live、Instagram 故事、标准帖子和评论部分）如何影响他们的黑人激进主义倾向，在- 应用激进主义参与和黑人种族认同意识形态。结果表明，除了 Instagram 的使用，Instagram 网络的政治性、多样性和真实性也是重要的预测因素。