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At the Digital Margins? A Theoretical Examination of Social Media Engagement Using Intersectional Feminism
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Abstract This article applies an intersectional feminist lens to social media engagement with European politics. Disproportionately targeted at already marginalised people, the problem of online abuse/harassment has come to increasing public awareness. At the same time, movements such as #BlackLivesMatter an... mehr
This article applies an intersectional feminist lens to social media engagement with European politics. Disproportionately targeted at already marginalised people, the problem of online abuse/harassment has come to increasing public awareness. At the same time, movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have demonstrated the value of social media in facilitating global grassroots activism that challenges dominant structures of power. While the literature on social media engagement with European politics has offered important insights into the extent to which social media facilitates democratic participation, it has not to date sufficiently accounted for patterns of intersectional activism and online inequalities. Using Nancy Fraser’s feminist critique of Habermas’ public sphere theory and Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality, this article explores patterns of gender and racial inequalities in the digital public space. By analysing both the role of racist and misogynistic online abuse targeted at women, nonbinary, agender, and gender-variant people in public life, as well as the opportunities for marginalised groups to mobilise transnationally through subaltern counter-publics, I argue that social media engagement is inextricably linked with offline inequalities. To fully understand the impact of social media on European democracy, we need to pay attention to gendered and racialised dynamics of power within the digital public sphere that have unequal consequences for democratic participation. This will involve expanding our methodological repertoire and employing tools underpinned by a critical feminist epistemology.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Soziale Medien; Online-Medien; Partizipation; Engagement; politische Aktivität; Intersektionalität; Feminismus; Rassismus; Diskriminierung
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Brexit; European public sphere; digital activism; online harassment; online violence; populist radical right; transphobia
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 161-171
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 10 (2022) 1
Heftthema
Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics Through Social Media
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)