Affective and Emotional : Turkish Women's Engagement with #sendeanlat
(2017) MKVM13 20171Media and Communication Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis focuses on the affective and emotional dimensions of Turkish women’s engagement with #sendeanlat, an online protest against sexism and sexual harassment in Turkey. The thesis sets out to explore the affective and emotional characteristics of the women’s engagement and the awareness generated through this engagement. By applying a qualitative approach, 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted with the women who engaged in the online protest. The sample includes 10 women who did not identify with feminism and 4 women who identified themselves as feminists.The thesis focuses on non-organized women and unpacks the motivations of non- feminist women’s engagement in a protest against sexism and sexual harassment as well as its... (More)
- This thesis focuses on the affective and emotional dimensions of Turkish women’s engagement with #sendeanlat, an online protest against sexism and sexual harassment in Turkey. The thesis sets out to explore the affective and emotional characteristics of the women’s engagement and the awareness generated through this engagement. By applying a qualitative approach, 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted with the women who engaged in the online protest. The sample includes 10 women who did not identify with feminism and 4 women who identified themselves as feminists.The thesis focuses on non-organized women and unpacks the motivations of non- feminist women’s engagement in a protest against sexism and sexual harassment as well as its limitations by focusing on affect and emotions through online spaces in women’s everyday life. (Less)
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- author
- Kesen, Burcum LU
- supervisor
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- Tobias Linné LU
- organization
- course
- MKVM13 20171
- year
- 2017
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- engagement, social media, affect, emotions, hashtag feminism, online protests, women
- language
- English
- id
- 8906833
- date added to LUP
- 2017-10-11 12:47:52
- date last changed
- 2017-10-11 12:47:52
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