Tag: networks

Identity and Online Advocacy

Hijab wearing Muslim women’s advocacy by performing the self online

Laila Elchalakani11 Comments

Download PDF to read offlineDownload Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present an understanding of how Hijab wearing women perform their identities online and the resulting social advocacy facilitated via virtual communities. It will focus on the use of the Hijab (garment used to cover hair) as a symbol used to advocate for Muslim women who utilise it in the content they broadcast online. Networked individualism along with influencer culture allows these symbols to be propagated to Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Selling community and togetherness: Authenticity, identity, and revenue in influencer-led culture

Tim Creevey26 Comments

PDF Copy – Tim Creevey – Conference Paper – DCNC21Download Abstract This conference paper will be addressing the authenticity of online identities and communities that have been established through social media networks by influencers. I will be arguing that paid influencers and influencer culture challenge the authenticity of online communities, as social media platforms provide users with the opportunity to develop a sense of community, but the virtual community has been established to create Read more […]

Online Networks and Social Change

The effectiveness of feminist hashtags such as #MeToo on empowering women, mobilising protests and enacting political and societal change

Elissa Duck21 Comments

Elissa_Duck_DebatingCommunitiesAndNetworksConference12Download Abstract:  This paper discusses the influence that digital feminist hashtags such as #MeToo have on individuals, and protest movements, both online and offline. It also looks at whether the hashtags have any influence on shifting long held societal beliefs, or policy change. This paper found that digital feminist hashtags have the ability to influence and affect individuals deeply. The hashtags allow for the creation Read more […]