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Advanced seminar
WiSe 23/24: Feminist and antifeminist discourse in (social) media
Margreth Lünenborg
Comments
Feminist issues have become a contested field of public communication. Media discourses on abortion, transgender persons, sexual self-determination trigger strong and loud reactions that do not come by chance but are the result of strategically networked antifeminist formations. This is especially true of public communication on social media. To understand the dynamics of hashtag publics like #MeToo, #NiUnaMenos as well as #FrauenSagenNein or #prochoice and #MarschfuerdasLeben, traditional concepts of deliberation are obviously not enough. Instead, we will dive into affect studies and emotion theory (see our research in CRC Affective Societies) to grasp the discursive formation of media discourses on gender issues as developed in depth in the CRC Affective Societies.
In the course, we will engage with the international literature on ‘fourth wave’ digital feminism and its counterparts - a complex group of actors within the so called manosphere. We will analyze the intertwining of online and offline protests. Drawing on the concept of "affective publics" (Papacharissi 2015; Lünenborg 2020), we will reconstruct the affective dynamics that enable the dynamic but contested framing of gender issues in public debate. While the winter semester will be primarily devoted to theoretical and conceptual work, the following summer semester empirical analyses will be conducted by (small) teams of students. At the end of the winter semester, each will outline a research proposal to be implemented during the summer term of 2024. Research interests in international cases (also beyond Europe) are very welcome. close
In the course, we will engage with the international literature on ‘fourth wave’ digital feminism and its counterparts - a complex group of actors within the so called manosphere. We will analyze the intertwining of online and offline protests. Drawing on the concept of "affective publics" (Papacharissi 2015; Lünenborg 2020), we will reconstruct the affective dynamics that enable the dynamic but contested framing of gender issues in public debate. While the winter semester will be primarily devoted to theoretical and conceptual work, the following summer semester empirical analyses will be conducted by (small) teams of students. At the end of the winter semester, each will outline a research proposal to be implemented during the summer term of 2024. Research interests in international cases (also beyond Europe) are very welcome. close
16 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Tue, 2024-01-16 16:00 - 18:00Regular appointments
Tue, 2023-10-17 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-10-24 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-10-31 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-11-07 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-11-14 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-11-21 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-11-28 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-12-05 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-12-12 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2023-12-19 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-01-09 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-01-16 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-01-23 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-01-30 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-02-06 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2024-02-13 14:00 - 16:00