Open Access
From Slut Shaming to Cultural Commentary: What Live Tweeting Practices of Viewers of ABC’s The Bachelorette Reveal about Gender Policing and Digital Activism on Twitter
Melissa Ames
- Vol. 1, pp 122-131
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, live tweets posted by viewers of ABC's The Bachelorette during a network-promoted scandal concerning the star's sexual activity on the reality TV program were analyzed.Abstract:
This article analyzes live tweets posted by viewers of ABC’s The Bachelorette during a networkpromoted scandal concerning the star’s sexual activity on the reality TV program. This study notes how problematic gender norms were reinforced within the conversation unfolding on Twitter and how a subset of tweets served to critique the sexism found within the program, the Twitter feed, and in society more generally. As these tweets attempting to combat gender norms can be considered a form of digital activism, this study also analyzes the ways in which Twitter’s particular communication format might complicate and/or interfere with their desired societal critiques.read more
Citations
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Tweet this: A uses and gratifications perspective on how active Twitter use gratifies a need to connect with others
TL;DR: Hierarchical OLS regression of survey results from 317 Twitter users found that the more months a person is active on Twitter and the more hours per week a person spends on Twitter, the more the person gratifies a need for an informal sense of camaraderie, called connection, with other users.
Journal ArticleDOI
Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community
TL;DR: This analysis of one person’s Twitter network shows that it is the basis for a real community, even though Twitter was not designed to support the development of online communities.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
Characterizing debate performance via aggregated twitter sentiment
TL;DR: An analytical methodology and visual representations are developed that could help a journalist or public affairs person better understand the temporal dynamics of sentiment in reaction to the debate video.
Journal ArticleDOI
From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ critical race and technocultural theory to understand how mainstream online authors (outgroup) and Black online authors(in-group) articulate Twitter as a racial artifact employing technology-based practices.
Journal ArticleDOI
The sexual double standard and adolescent peer acceptance
Derek A. Kreager,Jeremy Staff +1 more
TL;DR: The results support the existence of an adolescent sexual double standard and suggest that sexual norms vary by both gender and socioeconomic origins.