Polarization and incivility in digital debates on women's rights in Spain. Not just a matter of machismo

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ID3655052
AuthorsJuan Antonio Guevara (0000-0003-3946-3910, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author), Julia Atienza-Barthelemy (0000-0002-6832-025X, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Daniel Gómez González (0000-0001-9548-5781, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Josep M Robles (0000-0003-1092-3864, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), José Manuel Robles
Year2023
Volume32
Issue1
Pages18-32
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2021.1960153
OpenAlexW3191158847
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited34

As is the case in many other countries, Spain faces the challenge of drastically reducing the presence of gender violence. In this paper, we analyse how public digital debate in Spain gives insight into this topic. Specifically, we are interested in analysing the ways in which processes such as polarization or incivility are manifested on social networks. Our thesis is that, in addition to the central role played by structural machismo, there are particular characteristics of online debate that regulate the presence of polarization and incivility. In order to assess this, we analyse two case studies on Twitter, ‘La Manada’ and ‘Cuéntalo’. We demonstrate how spontaneous digital debates favour the emergence of negative behaviours, while those that, as is the case with ‘Cuéntalo’, are organized and structured, favour more respectful, less polarized communication

Incivility · Political science · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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