Essays about: "Hashtag Movement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Hashtag Movement.
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1. #DeGenderFashion : A Visual Analysis of How Fashion Is Used to Challenge Gender Norms and Heteronormative Expectations
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The study aims to answer the question of whether fashion can communicate meaning, by addressing how creators on Instagram challenge dominant gender norms through fashion, with a focus on the activist movement of #DeGenderFashion. The research questions will be answered using fashion theory and gender theory as guiding points, with literature on social media activism, representations of gender, and cultural studies giving further insight into the dynamics of the movement. READ MORE
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2. #Feminism in a Non-Democratic Context : #Womanlifefreedom in Iran
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The Murder of Mahsa Amini Under the custody of moral Police caused a wave of protests against the mandatory hijab in Iran. The protests started with women's demands in the street and cyberspace under the feminist hashtag#Womanlifefreedom. READ MORE
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3. “Tis the season to be vegan” : Discursive identity formations and the discursive construction of veganism in the communication event #veganuary
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Offering contemporary insights into movement activities, this study explores the discursive identity formations and discursive constructions of veganism in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter. In a tentative attempt to understand #veganuary as a site of discursive and socio-cultural change, this study seeks to answer the research questions: (1) “What discursive identity formations take part in the semantic battle for the meaning of veganism in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter?”, (2) “How is veganism discursively constructed in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter?”, and (3) “How can we understand #veganuary on Twitter as a site of discursive and socio-cultural change?”. READ MORE
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4. Collective identity formation and commercial platform logics in social activism: Representation of women and black feminist activism on Instagram under #BlackLivesMatter
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Due to the participatory nature of social media platforms, users contribute to the narratives built around online action for social change and shape the discourse on societal topics through their participation. At the same time as social media has become a space for societal activism and participation facilitating connective action of individuals, social media platforms are ultimately, for most, owned by private companies. READ MORE
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5. From a hashtag to a movement : From MeToo to being rightless in 2020's Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This thesis investigates the continuance of the MeToo movement in the Swedish context via the digitalplatform Instagram, collective action and feminist organizations that are engaged to end sexual violence.It illuminates how the sisterhood impacted by the practice of challenging the rape script a conceptused to describe the discourse on how sexual violence should be like, and how victim-survivors should behave, how the engagement is made among the activists that engage to challenge the rape script and lastly, how since the MeToo movement started a discourse of rightlessness have been exposed through the sharing of experiences that the MeToo movement initiated. READ MORE
