{"id":7585,"date":"2026-04-29T12:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:54:06","slug":"the-study-of-the-transnational-movement-me-too-and-how-east-asian-women-interacted-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2026-S1\/transnational-xvii\/7585\/the-study-of-the-transnational-movement-me-too-and-how-east-asian-women-interacted-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The study of the transnational movement: #ME TOO and how east Asian women interacted with it — Ashlea Lukins"},"content":{"rendered":"Despite the me too movement being not restricted to a single country, language and social media platform most of the attention was on the manifestations of #MeToo in the US and only on the social platform twitter. This study we will go beyond and analyse how East Asian women engaged within the me too movement due to different cultural, social and political norms compared to Western countries. During this study, I will analyse specific social platforms used by these women and the affordances they provided to this movement and the women using them. \nReferences, \nBruns, A. (2023). From \u201cthe\u201d public sphere to a network of publics: towards an empirically founded model of contemporary public communication spaces. Communication Theory, 33(2-3), 70\u201381. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ct\/qtad007\nBucher, T., & Helmond, A. (2018). The Affordances of Social Media Platforms . In J. Burgess, A. Marwick, & T. Poell (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Media (pp. 363\u2013392). Sage Publications. https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/the-sage-handbook-of-social-media\/book245739\nBurke, T. (2025). Get to Know Us | History & Inception. Me Too Movement. https:\/\/metoomvmt.org\/get-to-know-us\/history-inception\/\nCabalquinto, E. C., & Soriano, C. R. R. (2020). \u201cHey, I like ur videos. Super relate!\u201d Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube. Information, Communication & Society, 23(6), 892\u2013907. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369118x.2020.1751864\nChen, C., & Wang, X. (2020). #Metoo in China: Affordances and Constraints of Social Media Platforms. Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy, 253\u2013269. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-36525-7_14\nHasunuma, L., & Shin, K. (2019). #MeToo in Japan and South Korea: #WeToo, #WithYou. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 40(1), 97\u2013111. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1554477x.2019.1563416\nHuang, C.-L. (2021). #MeToo in East Asia: The Politics of Speaking Out. Politics & Gender, 17(3), 1\u20137. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s1743923x21000234\nJaffe, A. E., Cero, I., & DiLillo, D. (2021). The #MeToo movement and perceptions of sexual assault: College students\u2019 recognition of sexual assault experiences over time. Psychology of Violence, 11(2). https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8713172\/\nKato, Y. (2018, April 25). #MeToo Japan: What happened when women broke their silence. BBC News. https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-43721227\nLamensch, M. (2021). #MeToo in Asia: Victories, Defeats and the Case for Digital Activism. Centre for International Governance Innovation. https:\/\/www.cigionline.org\/articles\/metoo-in-asia-victories-defeats-and-the-case-for-digital-activism\/\nMcCurry, J. (2019, December 18). Shiori Ito, symbol of Japan\u2019s MeToo movement, wins rape lawsuit damages. The Guardian. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/dec\/18\/shiori-ito-symbol-of-japans-metoo-movement-wins-lawsuit-damages\nPrager, B. (2024). #MeToo in China: Social-Media Driven Activism in the Face of Government Censorship. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlg\/2019\/06\/metoo-in-china-social-media-driven-activism-in-the-face-of-government-censorship\/\nSuk, J., Sun, Y., Sun, L., Li, M., Far\u00edas, C., Kwon, H., Ghosh, S., Borah, P., Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Correa, T., Garlough, C., & Shah, D. V. (2023). \u201cThink global, act local\u201d: How #MeToo hybridized across borders and platforms for contextual relevance. Information, Communication & Society, 27(3), 1\u201322. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369118x.2023.2219716\nSun, H. (2013). Sina Weibo of China. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 5(4), 27\u201337. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/ijskd.2013100103\nSun, W. (2019). Rice Bunny and #WoYeShi: Online Reactions of Overseas Chinese to the #MeToo Movements in China and the West. Howard Journal of Communications, 31(3), 245\u2013263. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1666069\nVertovec, S. (2009). Transnationalism. Routledge. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780203927083\nZulli, D., & Zulli, D. J. (2020). Extending the Internet meme: Conceptualizing technological mimesis and imitation publics on the TikTok platform. New Media & Society, 24(8), 1872\u20131890. ...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the me too movement being not restricted to a single country, language and social media platform most of the attention was on the manifestations of #MeToo in the US and only on the social platform twitter. This study we will go beyond and analyse how East Asian women engaged within the me too movement due to different cultural, social and political norms compared to Western countries. During this study, I will analyse specific social platforms used by these women and the affordances they provided to this movement and the women using them.
\nReferences,
\nBruns, A. (2023). From \u201cthe\u201d public sphere to a network of publics: towards an empirically founded model of contemporary public communication spaces. Communication Theory, 33(2-3), 70\u201381. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ct\/qtad007
\nBucher, T., & Helmond, A. (2018). The Affordances of Social Media Platforms . In J. Burgess, A. Marwick, & T. Poell (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Media (pp. 363\u2013392). Sage Publications. https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/the-sage-handbook-of-social-media\/book245739
\nBurke, T. (2025). Get to Know Us | History & Inception. Me Too Movement. https:\/\/metoomvmt.org\/get-to-know-us\/history-inception\/
\nCabalquinto, E. C., & Soriano, C. R. R. (2020). \u201cHey, I like ur videos. Super relate!\u201d Locating sisterhood in a postcolonial intimate public on YouTube. Information, Communication & Society, 23(6), 892\u2013907. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369118x.2020.1751864
\nChen, C., & Wang, X. (2020). #Metoo in China: Affordances and Constraints of Social Media Platforms. Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy, 253\u2013269. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-36525-7_14
\nHasunuma, L., & Shin, K. (2019). #MeToo in Japan and South Korea: #WeToo, #WithYou. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 40(1), 97\u2013111. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1554477x.2019.1563416
\nHuang, C.-L. (2021). #MeToo in East Asia: The Politics of Speaking Out. Politics & Gender, 17(3), 1\u20137. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s1743923x21000234
\nJaffe, A. E., Cero, I., & DiLillo, D. (2021). The #MeToo movement and perceptions of sexual assault: College students\u2019 recognition of sexual assault experiences over time. Psychology of Violence, 11(2). https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8713172\/
\nKato, Y. (2018, April 25). #MeToo Japan: What happened when women broke their silence. BBC News. https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-43721227
\nLamensch, M. (2021). #MeToo in Asia: Victories, Defeats and the Case for Digital Activism. Centre for International Governance Innovation. https:\/\/www.cigionline.org\/articles\/metoo-in-asia-victories-defeats-and-the-case-for-digital-activism\/
\nMcCurry, J. (2019, December 18). Shiori Ito, symbol of Japan\u2019s MeToo movement, wins rape lawsuit damages. The Guardian. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/dec\/18\/shiori-ito-symbol-of-japans-metoo-movement-wins-lawsuit-damages
\nPrager, B. (2024). #MeToo in China: Social-Media Driven Activism in the Face of Government Censorship. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jlg\/2019\/06\/metoo-in-china-social-media-driven-activism-in-the-face-of-government-censorship\/
\nSuk, J., Sun, Y., Sun, L., Li, M., Far\u00edas, C., Kwon, H., Ghosh, S., Borah, P., Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Correa, T., Garlough, C., & Shah, D. V. (2023). \u201cThink global, act local\u201d: How #MeToo hybridized across borders and platforms for contextual relevance. Information, Communication & Society, 27(3), 1\u201322. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369118x.2023.2219716
\nSun, H. (2013). Sina Weibo of China. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 5(4), 27\u201337. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/ijskd.2013100103
\nSun, W. (2019). Rice Bunny and #WoYeShi: Online Reactions of Overseas Chinese to the #MeToo Movements in China and the West. Howard Journal of Communications, 31(3), 245\u2013263. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10646175.2019.1666069
\nVertovec, S. (2009). Transnationalism. Routledge. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780203927083
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