“ME TOO” AND “TIME’S UP” MOVEMENTS: FROM A SINGLE TWEET TO A GLOBAL PHENOMENON
“ME TOO” AND “TIME’S UP” MOVEMENTS: FROM A SINGLE TWEET TO A GLOBAL PHENOMENON
Author(s): Tsvetelina Dzhambazova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: Me Too; Time’s Up; movements; social media; online activism; sexual harassment; gender inequality
Summary/Abstract: “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” are new feminist movements posing a challenge before existing gender norms and battling sexual harassment and gender inequality at the workplace.The aims of this report are to follow how both movements transformed from social media posts to global initiatives leading to tangible changes in society’s attitude towards sexual harassment and to discuss what separates these two movements from other social media trends. Critical analysis of some of the newest publications on the topic is made in this report.
Book: Communication Management: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
- Page Range: 389-397
- Page Count: 9
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
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