Description

The objective of this thesis is to explore the impacts of Internet-mediated communication on Iranian women’s rights activism. The interview and observational analyses in this investigation has generated a fresh, in-depth insight into the patterns of use and the impact of three Internet technologies, utilized by women’s rights activists to the greatest extent: e-mail groups, websites, and social networking sites (SNSs). The study finds that more conventional forms of Internet-mediated communication, e-mail groups and websites, strengthen the activists’ collective identity and stimulate collaboration within the network of the activism. Also, the array of activist websites mobilizes and shares the activism-related knowledge across women’s rights groups. At the same time, however, deployment of SNSs by individual activists raises tensions within the women’s right activism network and threatens activists’ collective identity.

Project Details

Project Type

Dissertation

Subject Group

Law, Economics and Social Sciences

Subject Classification

Media and Communication Studies

End

2018

Organization

Faculty/Central Institute

Political and Social Sciences

Institute/Seminar

Institute for Media and Communication Studies

Field/Work Area

Research Unit International Communication

Project Team

Director

Dr. Mina Naeli

Keywords

Internet; Activism

Publications

https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22963

Researchers

• Dr. Mina Naeli

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