Cyberfeminism: Women Constructing Spaces For Themselves Online
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in Journalism & Mass Communication - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Cyberfeminism is the relationship between feminism and cyberspace that facilitates the expression and promotion of feminist thought to a wide range of people. Cyberfeminists believe in advocating equal rights and opportunities for women using the internet technology to propagate and spread their message. The advent of technology and especially the internet technology has given women an opportunity to come to the fore and speak for themselves. The expression of feminist thought, speaking the unspeakable and voicing the unheard is made possible by technology. Independent thoughts and self expression are what women are using cyberspace for. Being a target of male chauvinism, women face gender inequalities world over, in some way or the other. Internet gives an opportunity to the feminists to talk and share about any discrimination faced by them on the basis of gender with a view to bring it to everyone’s notice. Women, whether they are working or homemakers, are utilising the potential of internet to empower themselves and raise their voices against anything that is wrong and unjust. To gauge the role of social media platform in enabling women to voice their opinion and thereby creating an identity for themselves which is not just for the online medium but also applies offline, is the main objective of the research. For this, a critical analysis of the social media posts of women will be adopted so as to gain insight into what women are sharing and does this online activism has any implication on creating their offline identities. This research will help in knowing the effectiveness of social media in promoting female activism and creation of individual online and offline identities.
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Ravleen Kaur Kohli
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