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Was There a Countersphere in China's Nationalist Narration of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020? A Perspective from Feminist Internet Studies

Gab es eine Gegenöffentlichkeit in Chinas nationalistischer Erzählung über die Covid-19-Pandemie im Jahr 2020? Eine Perspektive aus der feministischen Internetforschung
[journal article]

Bogen, Cornelia

Abstract

With the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in China, a nationalist discourse emerged across leading social networks, portraying female medical personnel as self-sacrificing heroines. Female activists not only questioned this media coverage and successfully launched online fundraising campaigns to su... view more

With the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in China, a nationalist discourse emerged across leading social networks, portraying female medical personnel as self-sacrificing heroines. Female activists not only questioned this media coverage and successfully launched online fundraising campaigns to support female doctors and nurses, but also raised attention to patriarchal structures within Chinese society. However, most feminists' attempts to decentre nationalist discourse were either censored by algorithmic forms of social control or ignored by mainstream media. Hence, intercultural studiesinvestigating China's global entanglement need to consider these restrictions on communicative possibilities and forms of censored resistance, to ensure nationalist discourse does not overshadow the transnational struggle that women face against patriarchal oppression, spurred by the pandemic.... view less


Der Ausbruch der Covid-19 Epidemie in China wurde von einem nationalistischen Diskurs in prominenten sozialen Netzwerken begleitet, der das weibliche medizinische Personal als sich selbst aufopfernde Heldinnen porträtierte. Feministische Aktivistinnen hinterfragten nicht nur diese Berichterstattung ... view more

Der Ausbruch der Covid-19 Epidemie in China wurde von einem nationalistischen Diskurs in prominenten sozialen Netzwerken begleitet, der das weibliche medizinische Personal als sich selbst aufopfernde Heldinnen porträtierte. Feministische Aktivistinnen hinterfragten nicht nur diese Berichterstattung in den Medien und initiierten Spenden, um die Ärztinnen und Pflegerinnen zu unterstützen, sondern richteten die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit auch auf patriarchische Strukturen in der chinesischen Gesellschaft. Doch der Versuch der Feministinnen, Chinas nationalistischem Diskurs entgegenzusteuern, wurde entweder von algorithmischen Formen der sozialen Kontrolle zensiert oder von den Mainstream-Medien ignoriert. Deshalb sollten interkulturelle Studien, die Chinas globale Verflechtung untersuchen, diese Einschränkungen der kommunikativen Möglichkeiten und Formen des zensierten Widerstands ins Auge fassen, um zu verhindern, dass der nationalistische Diskurs den transnationalen Kampf von Frauen gegen patriarchische Unterdrückung überschattet, welcher durch die Pandemie weiter angefacht worden ist.... view less

Keywords
China; epidemic; Internet; social network; feminism; censorship; reporting; resistance; patriarchy

Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Media Contents, Content Analysis

Free Keywords
China; Feminist Internet Studies; nationalism; online activism; Covid-19; feministische Internetforschung; Nationalismus; Online- Aktivismus

Document language
English

Publication Year
2022

Page/Pages
p. 129-149

Journal
interculture journal: Online-Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Studien, 21 (2022) 36

Issue topic
Cyber-Utopia / Dystopia? Digital Interculturality between Cosmopolitan and Authoritarian Currents

ISSN
2196-9485

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0


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