Astri Moksnes Barbala
Biographic Data
| ID | 6211352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Astri Moksnes Barbala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Astri Moksnes |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbala |
| SIGNATURE | BARBALA A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nord University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3087-3350 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reassembling #MeToo
Political social media influencers are taking increasingly central and agenda-setting roles within contemporary media ecologies; however, little in-depth research has been conducted with regard to their agency and the practices of the specific agents involved. This article examines Scandinavian Instagram feminists’ practices and experiences in light of the #MeToo campaigns. Building on observations and interviews with feminist influencers whose f…
Transcending Instagram
This article investigates how affective hashtags on Instagram can contribute to forming intimate feminist entanglements transcending the digital sphere, resulting in offline demonstrations and rallies. In tracing the use of three Swedish hashtags emerging in the wake of #metoo, all surrounding women’s experiences with sexual harassment and violence, it is argued that affective hashtags can be a central component for explaining how social media-ba…
Tactics of diversity? Exploring self-care dilemmas among feminist activists on Instagram
This article explores how profiled Norwegian and Swedish feminists utilise Instagram to perform self-care as a central part of their activism. In discussing how the platform’s underlying premise of visibility is a driving force for their activity, in terms of the embodied resistance available for users appropriating the technology successfully, it points at how personal and collective well-being as a political incentive is intertwined with “doing…
The platformization of feminism
This article explores how contemporary feminism has become increasingly platformized, focusing on how Scandinavian feminist opinion leaders negotiate Instagram as an integral part of their everyday lives. Drawing on 3 years of digital observations and interviews with activists with over 12,000 followers each, the article investigates the meeting between Instagram’s script and feminist users who might not utilize the technology in line with the pl…
The platformization of feminism
This article explores how contemporary feminism has become increasingly platformized, focusing on how Scandinavian feminist opinion leaders negotiate Instagram as an integral part of their everyday lives. Drawing on 3 years of digital observations and interviews with activists with over 12,000 followers each, the article investigates the meeting between Instagram’s script and feminist users who might not utilize the technology in line with the pl…
Tactics of diversity? Exploring self-care dilemmas among feminist activists on Instagram
This article explores how profiled Norwegian and Swedish feminists utilise Instagram to perform self-care as a central part of their activism. In discussing how the platform’s underlying premise of visibility is a driving force for their activity, in terms of the embodied resistance available for users appropriating the technology successfully, it points at how personal and collective well-being as a political incentive is intertwined with “doing…
Tactics of diversity? Exploring self-care dilemmas among feminist activists on Instagram
This article explores how profiled Norwegian and Swedish feminists utilise Instagram to perform self-care as a central part of their activism. In discussing how the platform’s underlying premise of visibility is a driving force for their activity, in terms of the embodied resistance available for users appropriating the technology successfully, it points at how personal and collective well-being as a political incentive is intertwined with “doing…
The platformization of feminism
This article explores how contemporary feminism has become increasingly platformized, focusing on how Scandinavian feminist opinion leaders negotiate Instagram as an integral part of their everyday lives. Drawing on 3 years of digital observations and interviews with activists with over 12,000 followers each, the article investigates the meeting between Instagram’s script and feminist users who might not utilize the technology in line with the pl…
Transcending Instagram
This article investigates how affective hashtags on Instagram can contribute to forming intimate feminist entanglements transcending the digital sphere, resulting in offline demonstrations and rallies. In tracing the use of three Swedish hashtags emerging in the wake of #metoo, all surrounding women’s experiences with sexual harassment and violence, it is argued that affective hashtags can be a central component for explaining how social media-ba…
Reassembling #MeToo
Political social media influencers are taking increasingly central and agenda-setting roles within contemporary media ecologies; however, little in-depth research has been conducted with regard to their agency and the practices of the specific agents involved. This article examines Scandinavian Instagram feminists’ practices and experiences in light of the #MeToo campaigns. Building on observations and interviews with feminist influencers whose f…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social media (3 works)