We strike, therefore we are? A twitter analysis of feminist identity in the context of #DayWithoutAWoman

Abstract: In this article, we explore the collective identity of feminist activists as expressed on Twitter in the context of "Day Without A Woman". We conceptualize collective feminist identity by drawing upon literature on identity, feminism, and social movements. We expected to find a politically-defined group boundary around supporters of "Day Without A Woman". Using the online tool Netlytic, we collected tweets posted from accounts in Washington D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles. In a preliminary step, we performed a word count analysis and coded frequent words within the collected tweets into categories of meaning. Based on these categories, we drew a sub-sample of tweets, which we scrutinized in-depth using discourse analysis. Through this qualitative analysis, we show that the group boundary of the supporters of "Day Without A Woman" is defined by the common denominator of their negative relation to Donald TRUMP. While the supporters stress the relevance of feminist claims, barrie

Object Details

• Alternative title: Wir streiken, also sind wir? Eine Twitter-Analyse feministischer Identität im Rahmen von #DayWithoutAWoman
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research ; 20 (2019) 2 ; 33

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Lommel, Lillan Sally ; Schreier, Margrit ; Fruchtmann, Jakob

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-20.2.3229
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-62833-2
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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