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Louise Pears

Bio: Louise Pears is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & Espionage. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.

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TL;DR: Since joining Twitter in 2014, the CIA has used social media to show an uncharacteristically humorous side to an institution more commonly associated with espionage and secrecy as discussed by the authors, which has been criticised by some.
Abstract: Since joining Twitter in 2014, the CIA has used social media to show an uncharacteristically humorous side to an institution more commonly associated with espionage and secrecy. In light of this re...

9 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, Simon Willmetts is a product of the Warwick school of intelligence studies and lectures at Hull University, and offers a framework to help us understand the relationship bet...
Abstract: Simon Willmetts is a product of the Warwick school of intelligence studies and lectures at Hull University. In the book under review he offers a framework to help us understand the relationship bet...

11 citations

01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used pos-tional language style in public for informal posts and humor in public security and emergency authorities have traditionally used an official language in public, but currently social media have become an outlet for informal posting and humor.
Abstract: Security and emergency authorities have traditionally used an official language style in public, but currently social media have become an outlet for informal posts and humor. This article uses pos ...

7 citations

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TL;DR: The authors used qualitative content analysis to understand how the International Criminal Court (ICC) uses Twitter by building on digital diplomacy literature to assess the different narratives promoted by the ICC online, finding that the ICC is actively creating narratives that position it as part of a unified global fight for justice with wide political support from states and other international organisations.
Abstract: This article uses qualitative content analysis to understand how the International Criminal Court (ICC) uses Twitter by building on digital diplomacy literature to assess the different narratives promoted by the ICC online. I find that the ICC is actively creating narratives that position it as part of a unified global fight for justice with wide political support from states and other international organisations. This kind of public diplomacy is unique among criminal courts, with tweets aimed at bolstering political support from both elite diplomats and non-elite lay publics. At the same time, however, this rebranding effort often oversteps the ICC’s limited jurisdiction, reducing complex legal topics to short, emotionally resonant phrases that fit within Twitter’s restricted format. While the Court still attempts to portray its work as politically neutral and objective, the diplomatic messaging of its Twitter account sends a different message about the Court’s social media agenda.

2 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examine social media output from three of the largest arms manufacturers (by profit): Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, all based in the United States, and find that Twitter content normalizes women within the company context, presents the companies as empowering and inspiring, and shows the companies to be places for individual women to succeed.
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article, I examine social media output from three of the largest arms manufacturers (by profit): Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, all based in the United States. I ask: how, if at all, are women represented? What do these representations do? To answer these questions, I examine all of the tweets sent by these manufacturers over a three-month period and find that the Twitter content (1) normalizes women within the company context, (2) presents the companies as empowering and inspiring, and (3) shows the companies to be places for individual women to succeed. Central to all of these representations is intersectionality, with the companies depicting women of color frequently, especially Black women. I argue that the social media output of arms manufacturers helps to “make possible” the arms trade by presenting these companies as neoliberal, multicultural feminist beacons of social progress, rendering ambivalent criticisms about the suffering inflicted by their products.

1 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examined social media output from three of the largest arms manufacturers (by profit): Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, all based in the United States, and found that the Twitter content normalized women within the company context, presented the companies as empowering and inspiring, and showed the companies to be places for individual women to succeed.
Abstract: In this article, I examine social media output from three of the largest arms manufacturers (by profit): Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, all based in the United States. I ask: how, if at all, are women represented? What do these representations do? To answer these questions, I examine all of the tweets sent by these manufacturers over a three-month period and find that the Twitter content (1) normalizes women within the company context, (2) presents the companies as empowering and inspiring, and (3) shows the companies to be places for individual women to succeed. Central to all of these representations is intersectionality, with the companies depicting women of color frequently, especially Black women. I argue that the social media output of arms manufacturers helps to “make possible” the arms trade by presenting these companies as neoliberal, multicultural feminist beacons of social progress, rendering ambivalent criticisms about the suffering inflicted by their products.

1 citations