Women Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram

The social media collective actions through the hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos raised problems that women journalists were suffering in both Brazil and Spain. While the representation of feminism has long been studied, less attention has been paid to comparative studies and t...

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Autores principales: Marina López-Ortega, Iara Noronha
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4498bac8cdbd435896223e32d2dfd0be2021-11-16T13:52:16ZWomen Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram2341-269010.24137/raeic.8.16.9https://doaj.org/article/4498bac8cdbd435896223e32d2dfd0be2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.revistaeic.eu/index.php/raeic/article/view/342https://doaj.org/toc/2341-2690The social media collective actions through the hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos raised problems that women journalists were suffering in both Brazil and Spain. While the representation of feminism has long been studied, less attention has been paid to comparative studies and the more personal representation. Focusing on a combination of visual and textual qualitative content analysis, we explore 90 Instagram posts from women journalists within the two hashtags and how they portray themselves in relation to their profession. At the time of writing, Instagram is one of the most popular social networks focused on the publication of audiovisual content. This makes it suitable for the study of online self-representation. The article identifies using the Documentary Image Analysis and the Critical Discourse Analysis the recurrent demands and denunciations regarding journalism gender-related issues and finds common visual vernaculars in #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos posts. This study makes a comprehensive analysis of how women journalists construct their identity on Instagram images concerning the topics they talk about and the elements they use to insert themselves in the female journalists’ collectives and connects it with the theories on feminism and social media activism. The results reported here shed new light on how female journalists take control over their situation and find empowerment, feminism, non-violent protest, and professional/private life to be common points regarding the identity construction in relation to these online groups.Marina López-OrtegaIara NoronhaUniversidad de Santiago de Compostelaarticlegenderjournalistsdigital activismhashtagfeminisminstagramidentity constructioncontent analysisSocial SciencesHESPTRevista de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación, Vol 8, Iss 16, Pp 168-194 (2021)
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topic gender
journalists
digital activism
hashtag
feminism
instagram
identity construction
content analysis
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journalists
digital activism
hashtag
feminism
instagram
identity construction
content analysis
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Marina López-Ortega
Iara Noronha
Women Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram
description The social media collective actions through the hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos raised problems that women journalists were suffering in both Brazil and Spain. While the representation of feminism has long been studied, less attention has been paid to comparative studies and the more personal representation. Focusing on a combination of visual and textual qualitative content analysis, we explore 90 Instagram posts from women journalists within the two hashtags and how they portray themselves in relation to their profession. At the time of writing, Instagram is one of the most popular social networks focused on the publication of audiovisual content. This makes it suitable for the study of online self-representation. The article identifies using the Documentary Image Analysis and the Critical Discourse Analysis the recurrent demands and denunciations regarding journalism gender-related issues and finds common visual vernaculars in #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos posts. This study makes a comprehensive analysis of how women journalists construct their identity on Instagram images concerning the topics they talk about and the elements they use to insert themselves in the female journalists’ collectives and connects it with the theories on feminism and social media activism. The results reported here shed new light on how female journalists take control over their situation and find empowerment, feminism, non-violent protest, and professional/private life to be common points regarding the identity construction in relation to these online groups.
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author Marina López-Ortega
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title Women Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram
title_short Women Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram
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title_full_unstemmed Women Journalists and Social Media Activism: An Analysis of The Hashtags #DeixaElaTrabalhar and #LasPeriodistasParamos on Instagram
title_sort women journalists and social media activism: an analysis of the hashtags #deixaelatrabalhar and #lasperiodistasparamos on instagram
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