Incredibly loud and extremely silent
Feminist foreign policy on Twitter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7499409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katarzyna Jezierska (0000-0003-1413-0300, University West, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-107 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00108367211000793 |
| OpenAlex | W3139609923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 51 |
In 2014, Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) was announced with a fanfare. This article critically interrogates how Sweden implements the FFP through digital diplomacy by investigating the extent of Sweden’s gender equality activities on Twitter since the introduction of the FFP and by tracing gendered online abuse in digital diplomacy. I focus on Swedish embassy tweets towards two countries where feminism is highly contested – Poland and Hungary. The theoretical inspiration comes from discursive approaches to the spoken and unspoken, enriched by feminist observations about the non-binary character of voice/silence. The method applied is gender-driven quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The findings demonstrate that the FFP has not set any significant mark on digital diplomacy in the analyzed cases. The launching of the FFP went completely unnoticed and posts related to gender equality have actually decreased since 2014. There are no traces of ambassadors being subjected to gendered online abuse, but heavily xenophobic and paternalistic language is directed at Sweden as a representative of liberal policies. The article contributes to the literature on digital diplomacy by highlighting the (lack of) links between foreign policy and digital diplomacy and it addresses a gap by focusing on gender in digital diplomacy
Diplomacy · Feminism · Foreign policy · International relations · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Media Studies and Communication
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The gendered modus operandi of the illiberal transformation in Hungary and Poland
The changing practices of frontline diplomacy
The Heart of the Matter
Paradoxes of (In)Equality
In Search of Feminist Foreign Policy
The Impact of New Media on Diplomatic Practice
Historical, Practical, and Theoretical Perspectives on the Digitalisation of Diplomacy
Cyber-Diplomacy
Diplomatic Signaling among Multiple States
From state feminism to market feminism
Violence Against Women in Politics
Dependent Diplomacy
Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland
Praise or critique? Sweden’s feminist foreign policy in the eyes of its fellow EU members
Facebook diplomacy
Theorising feminist foreign policy
Twitter and transformative diplomacy
Critical discourse analysis
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |