<i>Feminicidio</i> and #NiUna Menos: An Analysis of Twitter Conversations During the First 3 Years of the Argentinean Movement

Belotti, Francesca; Comunello, Francesca; Corradi, Consuelo

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“…The NiUnaMenos (translates as 'not one less') movement in Latin America originated in Argentina in 2015 following street protests in 2014 against femicide and violence against women. The slogan was coined during public readings at protest marches and the hashtag #NiUnaMenos was widely used on Twitter (Belotti et al, 2021). The movement radiated out from Argentina to other Latin American countries and NiUnaMenos became a network.…”

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“…The movement incorporates feminist issues beyond femicide and physical violence against women. #NiUnaMenos has become a 'mother tag' for a range of demands, including expanded reproductive rights, affordable living, an end to racist migration laws and to the criminalisation of Indigenous people (Belotti et al, 2021;Langlois, 2020).…”

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Violence takes many forms. It can be the infliction of physical pain and injury by one person towards another, but it also encompasses other harms-the violence of living in poverty or of being subjected to hate speech, for example. This chapter focuses on interpersonal violence between individuals, excluding sexual violence, which is discussed in Chapter 3. Interpersonal violence is not separate from other forms of violence. It is interrelated with state violence, which includes violence associated with law enforcement and immigration restriction, and structural violence, which refers to the harms of social inequality and the maldistribution of resources.Violence is central to securing political domination and to the maintenance of social hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality, class and nation (Collins, 2017). While acts of violence can be largescale and spectacular, violence is frequently embedded in the routine and everyday. Collins (1998Collins ( , 2017 analyses how different types of violence sustain social hierarchies in ways that are mutually supporting and constitutive. Racial dominance in the United States relies on spectacular, public violent events such as lynching and police brutality. It also relies on the routine violence of racist speech and the structural violence of discrimination

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“…Especialmente el concepto de feminicidio tiene una relación inherente con la violencia institucional que es una interpretación propia de la región (Toledo 2009). Como fenómeno social, el feminicidio en Latinoamérica está permeado por activismo político y académico que sostienen un discurso de resistencia a las ideologías de discriminación de género (Belotti et al 2021). Esto no quiere decir que en los estudios previos el contexto político y social no se haya tomado en cuenta; sino que existe poca literatura de la región y en lengua castellana que se enfoque en examinar la multiplicidad de los discursos existentes y crear metodologías de análisis específicas para este contexto.…”

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Análisis crítico del discurso con perspectiva feminista para analizar los discursos sobre feminicidio. Una propuesta metodológica de Latinoamérica

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2022

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El feminicidio es resultado de estructuras discriminatorias sociales y culturales, perpetuadas mediante los procesos comunicativos en los ámbitos privados y públicos. Estudios anteriores sobre la cobertura mediática en Latinoamérica encontraron narrativas de culpabilización de las víctimas y justificación de los agresores. Pero, no analizaron otro tipo de discursos como la discusión de políticas públicas, movilizaciones sociales, estudios académicos y la representación de otros actores sociales como las familias de las víctimas, organizaciones sociales, activistas, expertas y autoridades. Las cuales también son publicadas por los mismos medios de comunicación e influyen en la discusión pública y negociación de significado. Este trabajo se dirige a cubrir esta laguna de la literatura con una propuesta metodológica holística con perspectiva feminista, creada para el contexto Latinoamericano en donde las relaciones de género, raza, etnia y colonialidad tienen un rol fundamental en la configuración de las relaciones de poder. El objetivo principal es examinar cómo el poder patriarcal es reproducido y resistido discursivamente por múltiples actores en la esfera pública. Mediante cuatro objetivos específicos: (1) Análisis de la representación de las víctimas y los agresores. (2) Análisis del uso sensacionalista de la información. (3) Análisis de discursos contrapuestos y su legitimación, para lo que se analiza la prominencia, la representación de la fuente de la información, y los soportes argumentativos. (4) Identificar las rupturas en el discurso patriarcal hegemónico y la negociación de significado, mediante un estudio comparativo con una dimensión temporal. Para ejemplificar el uso se analizó un caso en diarios mexicanos y se descubrió que los medios tradicionales reproducen discursos contrapuestos: discriminatorios y de resistencia feminista; pero solo el primero se legitima con soportes argumentativos que sugieren veracidad. El discurso de la resistencia tiende a sustentarse en argumentos emocionales. Lo anterior sugiere que los medios reproducen discursos progresistas, pero contribuyen a socavarlos, lo que ayuda a mantener el estatus-quo y las relaciones jerárquicas de poder patriarcal. Previous studies about the media coverage in Latin America found narratives of blaming the victims and justification of the perpetrators. But they did not analyze other discourses such as the discussion of public policies, social movements, academic studies and the representation of other social actors like the families of the victims, social organizations, activists, experts and authorities, which are published by the same media and have influence in the public debate and meaning negotiation. This work aims to address the gap in the literature with a methodological proposal with a holistic and feminist approach, created for the Latin American context in which the relations of gender, race, ethnicity and coloniality have a fundamental role in the configuration of power relations. The main objective is to examine how the patriarchal power is discursively reproduced and resisted by multiple actors in the public sphere. By means of four specific objectives: (1) Analyze the representation of victims and perpetrators. (2) Analyze the sensationalist use of the information. (3) Analyze counter discourses and legitimation, by analyzing the prominence, the representation of the information sources, and the argumentative supports. (4) Identify the ruptures in the hegemonic patriarchal discourse and meaning negotiation, with a temporal dimension comparative study. To exemplify the use of the methodology, it was applied to the analysis of one case in Mexican newspapers; it was found that traditional media reproduce counter discourses: discriminatory and feminist resistance; but just the first is legitimized with argumentative supports that suggest veracity. The discourse of resistance tends to be sustained in emotional arguments. The above suggest that the media reproduces progressive discourse, but they contribute to subvert it, which helps to maintain the status quo and the hierarchical patriarchal power relations.

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“…Commentary regarding IPV and other forms of violence against women is particularly prevalent on Twitter. 35 Several studies now exist that utilize Twitter commentary as a way to characterize public sentiment surrounding interpersonal violence, including studies of the hashtags #MeToo, 36 #UsToo, 37 #ChurchToo, 38 #NiUnaMenos, 39 #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou, 40 #MenAreTrash, 41 and #NotOkay. 42 – 44 Across these studies, researchers describe the ways in which Twitter users employed each hashtag to comment on disclosure of sexual assault (#MeToo), discuss the prevalence of sexual assault among men (#UsToo), raise awareness about sexual assault within religious institutions (#ChurchToo), draw attention to femicide in Argentina (#NiUnaMenos) and South Africa (#MenAreTrash), debunk myths pertaining to IPV (#MaybeHeDoesntHitYou), and raise concern about Donald Trump's disclosure of engaging in unwanted sexual contact towards women (#NotOkay).…”

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#DomesticViolence During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: An Analysis of Public Commentary via Twitter

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The current study sought to characterize commentary regarding intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic via the Twitter hashtags #DomesticAbuse and #DomesticViolence. A sample of 481 original, English-language tweets containing the hashtag #DomesticAbuse or #DomesticViolence posted across five consecutive weekdays from March 22 to March 27, 2020—during which many places were enacting lockdown mandates—was examined using thematic content analyses. Overall, Twitter users commented on potential increased rates of IPV, while adding details about abuse tactics that could be employed by perpetrators during the pandemic. Additionally, Twitter users disclosed personal experiences of IPV victimization. Four themes were identified, including (1) type of domestic violence (i.e. whether the violence was COVID-specific or general domestic violence), (2) commentary about IPV (i.e. general reflections, decentralizing and centralizing survivorhood), (3) perpetrator tactic (i.e. abuse tactic used by the perpetrator), and (4) institutions responsible (i.e. institutions responsible for providing services to survivors). Overall, the commentary on Twitter reflected an effort to raise awareness and share informational aid for potential victims/survivors of IPV. Data highlight the potential of social media networks in conveniently facilitating the sharing and spreading of useful resources to other users. Future research should examine whether resources shared via Twitter reach individuals who need them and empower individuals to garner support.

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Feminicidio and #NiUna Menos: An Analysis of Twitter Conversations During the First 3 Years of the Argentinean Movement

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Interpersonal Violence

Interpersonal Violence

Análisis crítico del discurso con perspectiva feminista para analizar los discursos sobre feminicidio. Una propuesta metodológica de Latinoamérica

#DomesticViolence During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: An Analysis of Public Commentary via Twitter

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