Description

The subproject analyzes (anti-)feminist discourses in social media from an affect-theoretical perspective. Research focuses include the examination of affect and emotions, feminist media studies, visual social media practices (particularly TikTok), journalism studies, and ageing studies. The project investigates feminist strategies of affect mobilization, memetic performances, the representation of gender, age and other categories of inequality in media representations, and digital feminist activism.

Project Details

Project Type

Research Project

Subject Group

Law, Economics and Social Sciences

Start

10/2023

Funding

DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 1171 'Affective Societies'

Organization

Faculty/Central Institute

Political and Social Sciences

Institute/Seminar

Institute for Media and Communication Studies

Field/Work Area

SFB Project Affective Societies

Project Team

Director

Annabella Backes

Team Members

Annabella Backes, Margreth Lünenborg, Ana Makhashvili, Friederike Jage-D'Aprile, Stefanie Adlung, Kerstin Schankweiler

Contact

Homepage

polsoz.fu-berlin.de

Keywords

Gender, Feminism, Anti-Feminism, Affect, Emotions, Social Media, TikTok, Feminist Media Studies, Intersectionality, Age, Body, Representation, Activism, Gender Studies, Media Research

Researchers

• Annabella Backes

  Current