Surfing the third wave: the third wave feminist movement online
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2024
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University of Delaware
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This dissertation explores the role of the internet and virtual community organization of the feminist movement of the late 2000s and early 2010s. The third wave of feminism is an internetworked social movement—it exists on and in conjunction with the internet and world wide web. Internetworked social movements can be more accessible to marginalized groups than other forms of social movement, but can also involve unique challenges and disadvantages. This dissertation examines how third wave feminists participated in the feminist blogosphere of the late 2000s/early 2010s, what participants in the feminist blogosphere did to engage with the feminist movement, and how inclusive a space the online feminist blogosphere was. Using original survey data collected in 2010 and 2011, this project analyzes the social characteristics and feminist identity of participants in the feminist blogosphere of that time period, as well as an exploration of challenge incidents in which social boundaries of the space are tested and negotiated.
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Feminist blogosphere, Virtual community, Gender, Internet, Social movement, Third wave