Hashtag Activism and Women's Rights : Are Social Media Campaigns Really Making Laws Better for Women and Girls? / Reilly Anne Dempsey Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anne Dempsey Willis, Reilly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Feminism--Political aspects.

Feminism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, [2025]

Summary:

With over five billion internet users globally, it is crucial to understand social media activism and legal change for women and girls. This insightful book examines the impact of international Twitter (now X) campaigns on domestic laws affecting women and girls. Exploring the complexities of legal change for women and girls across seven countries from Latin America to Middle East and Africa, the book offers empirical insights into the effectiveness of hashtag advocacy and sheds light on the role of social media in shaping different outcomes. This is a key resource for understanding the dynamics driving social media activism and its potential impact on the rights of women and girls worldwide.

Contents:

Front Cover

Hashtag Activism and Women's Rights: Are Social Media Campaigns Really Making Laws Better for Women and Girls?

Copyright information

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface and Content Warning

1 Introduction

#Introduction

2 Research Framework

Fourth wave feminism and digital feminist activism

The spiral model of human rights change theory

Criticisms of the spiral model

Domestic actors

Target government backlash

Lack of progression

Domestic capacity

Incentives

The role of social media

Elite-driven, heteronormative, patriarchal structures specified in digital feminist literature

Social media is organic and chaotic

'Fickleness' of social media

Lack of knowledge of the domestic context or voice

No 'risk' to campaign participants

Research design

Research questions

Campaign selection

Variable selection

Using composite scores

Conclusion

3 Negative Outcomes: #stopstoning, #letwomengotostadium

#stopstoning campaign overview

#letwomengotostadium campaign overview

Context

Legal outcomes

Legislation

Institutionalization

Law enforcement

UN dialogue

Twitter characteristics

Persistence (Tweets per day)

Engagement (retweets, likes, and replies)

Users (profiles of 100 most active users)

Content analysis

4 Status Quo: #farkhunda, #sendeanlat, #mydressmychoice

#farkhunda campaign overview

#sendeanlat campaign overview

#mydressmychoice campaign overview

Legislative change

Institutionalization

Law enforcement

Engagement (retweets, likes, and replies)

Users (profiles of 100 most active users)

Content analysis (sentiment, personalization, framing, messaging, and norms)

5 Tactical Concessions: #delhigangrape and #niunamenos

#delhigangrape campaign overview

#niunamenos campaign overview

Engagement (retweets, likes, replies)

Users (profiles of the 100 most active users)

6 Possible Success: #women2drive

#women2drive campaign overview

7 Aggregate Analysis and Conclusions

Campaign 'groupings' based on outcomes

Backlash campaigns: lack of domestic drive

Status quo campaigns: lack of persistence

Notes:

Tactical concession campaigns: extremely high level of domestic attention in close proximity to election

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5292-4132-4

1-5292-4130-8

1-5292-4131-6

OCLC:

1474242104