Malin Sveningsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4142212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malin Sveningsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sveningsson |
| SIGNATURE | SVENINGSSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
MeToo and sexual harassment among Swedish journalists
Although the media played a pivotal role in the #MeToo movement, research on #MeToo and journalism has primarily examined journalists as news providers, leaving their own engagement with the movement underexplored. In Sweden, #MeToo was characterized by the formation of petition groups across diverse professions, including journalism. This article draws on qualitative analyses of petition texts and interviews to investigate how key actors in the …
Sexual Harassment as Reification
In this article, drawing on 20 interviews with participants in the #MeToo petitions #deadline and #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom], we explore the significance of sexual harassment in Sweden's cultural and creative industries. Our findings demonstrate how sexual harassment serves as a particularly effective tool of oppression in precarious work situations where individuals rely on informal social networks to secure work. To obtain and sustai…
Processes of recognition
MeToo in the Manosphere
In Sweden, a relative consensus of liberal and feminist values has long been dominant in public discourse. This could be observed in coverage of the #MeToo movement, which was largely presented in a positive light by legacy media, where critical voices were instead found on alternative and social media. This article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the impact of #MeToo beyond the mainstream discourse by investigating how #MeToo was …
The significance of feminist infrastructure
To better understand the interplay between digital activism and feminist infrastructure, this study investigates #MeToo activism in the Swedish construction industry and green industry. Both are industries in transition characterized by a dissonance between formal incentives, that encourage women and others to work in environments previously dominated by white men, and the informal power structures hosting a toxic masculinity. Based on media text…
Konstnärligfrihet
In the autumn of 2017, more than 2,000 female and non-binary artists and designers in Sweden joined forces in the group #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom] to share experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, and to write a joint petition. Using a media timeline and semi-structured interviews, this article aims to situate #metoo in a larger narrative and investigate how sexual harassment within the Swedish art industry is exp…
Organizing Safe Spaces
Networked online environments can effectively support political activism. In Sweden, the #metoo movement resulted in over 100,000 people participating in activities challenging sexual harassment and abuse, including collecting testimonies via social media and drafting and discussing petitions published in print news media. Participation involved many risks, such as social stigma, losing one’s job, or misogynist terrorism, which meant that partici…
Legitimising a Feminist Agenda
During 2017 and 2018, the #metoo hashtag united a global movement against sexual abuse and harassment. In Sweden, a large portion of the attention was given to the voices of working women, who organised and wrote petitions that were published in news media. Previous research has found that media reports of sexual abuse often focus on singular stories, rather than describing the underlying structural problems, and that the problem is often framed …
Young people’s experiences of political membership
In contemporary democracies, citizens’ political memberships are undergoing significant changes. Particularly young people are described as being less interested in long-term commitments in conventional political collectives, instead preferring to engage in cause-oriented activism in loosely organised groups, often sustained by online media. However, behind these general trends, there is a diversity of collective activities, where people are typi…
Combining New and Old Viewing Practices
In 2015, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) released a new youth series, Skam, which was acclaimed for its accurate portrayal of Norwegian teenagers but, above all, for its distribution as a transmedia narrative spreading content across several platforms. Through focus-group interviews, this article investigates how Swedish Skam viewers took part in the content and perceived the role and relation between the platforms. While the intervi…
I Wouldn’t Have What It Takes’
Research on young people and citizenship has often depicted those who do not participate in manifest political contexts as ‘passive’. However, the space between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ is complex and hosts a number of different positions. Using a qualitative mixed methods approach, this article provides insights into how a group of young people, who can be described as ‘standby citizens’ (Amnå & Ekman, 2014), perceive political participation, and …
It's Only a Pastime, Really
Western democracies have seen a decreased participation in activities traditionally associated with political participation. One aspect of participating politically is to keep up-to-date with what happens in society, for example, by following the news. Here, youth have been found to be less active than older generations. The decline in young people's consumption of news media does not necessarily mean that they are disinterested in news or politi…
“I don’t like it and I think it’s useless, people discussing politics on Facebook”
Western democracies have seen a decrease in political participation, with young people singled out as the most problematic group. But young people are also the most avid users of online media. It has therefore been argued that online media could be used to evoke their interest in politics, and thus contribute to the reinvigoration of democratic citizenship. Using a mixed qualitative methods approach, this article takes a closer look at 26 young S…
Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures
Legitimising a Feminist Agenda
During 2017 and 2018, the #metoo hashtag united a global movement against sexual abuse and harassment. In Sweden, a large portion of the attention was given to the voices of working women, who organised and wrote petitions that were published in news media. Previous research has found that media reports of sexual abuse often focus on singular stories, rather than describing the underlying structural problems, and that the problem is often framed …
Combining New and Old Viewing Practices
In 2015, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) released a new youth series, Skam, which was acclaimed for its accurate portrayal of Norwegian teenagers but, above all, for its distribution as a transmedia narrative spreading content across several platforms. Through focus-group interviews, this article investigates how Swedish Skam viewers took part in the content and perceived the role and relation between the platforms. While the intervi…
I Wouldn’t Have What It Takes’
Research on young people and citizenship has often depicted those who do not participate in manifest political contexts as ‘passive’. However, the space between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ is complex and hosts a number of different positions. Using a qualitative mixed methods approach, this article provides insights into how a group of young people, who can be described as ‘standby citizens’ (Amnå & Ekman, 2014), perceive political participation, and …
It's Only a Pastime, Really
Western democracies have seen a decreased participation in activities traditionally associated with political participation. One aspect of participating politically is to keep up-to-date with what happens in society, for example, by following the news. Here, youth have been found to be less active than older generations. The decline in young people's consumption of news media does not necessarily mean that they are disinterested in news or politi…
The significance of feminist infrastructure
To better understand the interplay between digital activism and feminist infrastructure, this study investigates #MeToo activism in the Swedish construction industry and green industry. Both are industries in transition characterized by a dissonance between formal incentives, that encourage women and others to work in environments previously dominated by white men, and the informal power structures hosting a toxic masculinity. Based on media text…
MeToo in the Manosphere
In Sweden, a relative consensus of liberal and feminist values has long been dominant in public discourse. This could be observed in coverage of the #MeToo movement, which was largely presented in a positive light by legacy media, where critical voices were instead found on alternative and social media. This article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the impact of #MeToo beyond the mainstream discourse by investigating how #MeToo was …
Processes of recognition
Konstnärligfrihet
In the autumn of 2017, more than 2,000 female and non-binary artists and designers in Sweden joined forces in the group #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom] to share experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, and to write a joint petition. Using a media timeline and semi-structured interviews, this article aims to situate #metoo in a larger narrative and investigate how sexual harassment within the Swedish art industry is exp…
Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures
“I don’t like it and I think it’s useless, people discussing politics on Facebook”
Western democracies have seen a decrease in political participation, with young people singled out as the most problematic group. But young people are also the most avid users of online media. It has therefore been argued that online media could be used to evoke their interest in politics, and thus contribute to the reinvigoration of democratic citizenship. Using a mixed qualitative methods approach, this article takes a closer look at 26 young S…
It's Only a Pastime, Really
Western democracies have seen a decreased participation in activities traditionally associated with political participation. One aspect of participating politically is to keep up-to-date with what happens in society, for example, by following the news. Here, youth have been found to be less active than older generations. The decline in young people's consumption of news media does not necessarily mean that they are disinterested in news or politi…
I Wouldn’t Have What It Takes’
Research on young people and citizenship has often depicted those who do not participate in manifest political contexts as ‘passive’. However, the space between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ is complex and hosts a number of different positions. Using a qualitative mixed methods approach, this article provides insights into how a group of young people, who can be described as ‘standby citizens’ (Amnå & Ekman, 2014), perceive political participation, and …
Combining New and Old Viewing Practices
In 2015, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) released a new youth series, Skam, which was acclaimed for its accurate portrayal of Norwegian teenagers but, above all, for its distribution as a transmedia narrative spreading content across several platforms. Through focus-group interviews, this article investigates how Swedish Skam viewers took part in the content and perceived the role and relation between the platforms. While the intervi…
Young people’s experiences of political membership
In contemporary democracies, citizens’ political memberships are undergoing significant changes. Particularly young people are described as being less interested in long-term commitments in conventional political collectives, instead preferring to engage in cause-oriented activism in loosely organised groups, often sustained by online media. However, behind these general trends, there is a diversity of collective activities, where people are typi…
Legitimising a Feminist Agenda
During 2017 and 2018, the #metoo hashtag united a global movement against sexual abuse and harassment. In Sweden, a large portion of the attention was given to the voices of working women, who organised and wrote petitions that were published in news media. Previous research has found that media reports of sexual abuse often focus on singular stories, rather than describing the underlying structural problems, and that the problem is often framed …
Organizing Safe Spaces
Networked online environments can effectively support political activism. In Sweden, the #metoo movement resulted in over 100,000 people participating in activities challenging sexual harassment and abuse, including collecting testimonies via social media and drafting and discussing petitions published in print news media. Participation involved many risks, such as social stigma, losing one’s job, or misogynist terrorism, which meant that partici…
The significance of feminist infrastructure
To better understand the interplay between digital activism and feminist infrastructure, this study investigates #MeToo activism in the Swedish construction industry and green industry. Both are industries in transition characterized by a dissonance between formal incentives, that encourage women and others to work in environments previously dominated by white men, and the informal power structures hosting a toxic masculinity. Based on media text…
Konstnärligfrihet
In the autumn of 2017, more than 2,000 female and non-binary artists and designers in Sweden joined forces in the group #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom] to share experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, and to write a joint petition. Using a media timeline and semi-structured interviews, this article aims to situate #metoo in a larger narrative and investigate how sexual harassment within the Swedish art industry is exp…
Processes of recognition
MeToo in the Manosphere
In Sweden, a relative consensus of liberal and feminist values has long been dominant in public discourse. This could be observed in coverage of the #MeToo movement, which was largely presented in a positive light by legacy media, where critical voices were instead found on alternative and social media. This article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the impact of #MeToo beyond the mainstream discourse by investigating how #MeToo was …
Sexual Harassment as Reification
In this article, drawing on 20 interviews with participants in the #MeToo petitions #deadline and #konstnärligfrihet [artistic freedom], we explore the significance of sexual harassment in Sweden's cultural and creative industries. Our findings demonstrate how sexual harassment serves as a particularly effective tool of oppression in precarious work situations where individuals rely on informal social networks to secure work. To obtain and sustai…
MeToo and sexual harassment among Swedish journalists
Although the media played a pivotal role in the #MeToo movement, research on #MeToo and journalism has primarily examined journalists as news providers, leaving their own engagement with the movement underexplored. In Sweden, #MeToo was characterized by the formation of petition groups across diverse professions, including journalism. This article draws on qualitative analyses of petition texts and interviews to investigate how key actors in the …
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Media and Politics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Harassment (6 works)