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ERIC Number: EJ1384760
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1134-3478
EISSN: EISSN-1988-3293
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Feminism, Gender Identity and Polarization in TikTok and Twitter
Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, v31 n75 p47-58 Apr 2023
The potential of social media to create open, collaborative and participatory spaces allows young women to engage and empower themselves in political and social activism. In this context, the objective of this research is to analyze the polarization in the debate at the intersection between the defense of feminism and transsexuality, preferably among the young population, symbolized in the use of the term "TERF". To do this, the existing communities on this subject on Twitter and TikTok have been analyzed with Social Network Analysis techniques, in addition to the presence of young people in them. The results indicate that the debates between both networks are not very cohesive, with a highly modularized structure that suggests isolation of each community. For this reason, it may be considered that the debate on sexual identity has resulted in a strong polarization of feminist activism in social media. Likewise, the positions of transinclusive feminism are very much in the majority among young people; this reinforces the idea of an ideological debate that can also be understood from a generational perspective. Finally, differential use between both social networks has been identified, where TikTok is a less partisan and more dialogue-based network than Twitter, which leads to discussions and participation in a more neutral tone.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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