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Abstract
Examining the relationship between social media, anti-gender and everyday polarisation, this article identifies the ways social media platforms reflect the mundane amidst the interactions of users over social and political issues, showing how micro-stories can foreground macro-political tensions online. We examine a Twitter event over an outing that showed vigorous debates on issues pertaining to gender and its socio-political connotations in Turkey, employing textual and content analyses of reactions shared through hashtags and mentions. The outing involved a child custody battle in court and a secret recording, exposing the sexual identity of a woman popstar #Intizar. The paper shows how Twitter facilitated conservative, homophobic and patriarchal reactions that harnessed deep political polarisation between the AKP government's supporters and those declaring solidarity with LGBTI+ issues. A mundane divorce story exhibited the deep political tension in Turkey, which also exemplifies the depth of increasing online polarisation over gender on a global scale.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1759883 |
Pages (from-to) | 493-511 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Contemporary Politics |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 5 May 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- online polarisation
- digital mundane
- ontological insecurity
- anti-gender
- online identity
- Online polarisation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Political Science and International Relations
- Sociology and Political Science
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DEMOS Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe
Korkut, U. (CoI) & Karamanidou, L. (CoI)
1/12/18 → 30/11/21
Project: Research Grant