I. Unpacking Digital India: A Feminist Commentary on Policy Agendas in the Digital Moment By Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami and Sanjana Thomas Journal of Information Policy, Vol. 6 (2016), pp. 371-402
Gurumurthy, et al. “Unpacking Digital India: A Feminist Commentary on Policy Agendas in the Digital Moment.” Journal of Information Policy, vol. 6, 2016, p. 371., doi:10.5325/jinfopoli.6.2016.0371.
By analysing the three main policy of social welfare, democracy and economic growth this article is a feminist commentary on India’s national digital agenda in the prevailing political context. This article further demonstrates, how “the dominant digital paradigm combines with an emerging “authoritarian neoliberalism” on national scales and perpetuates the myth of “masculine entrepreneurialism” and “misrecognition” of women.” By opening this discourse of gender justice in relation to digital technology, this article also attempts to reconstitute Indian democracy. Further, it reflects on the current digital moment as there is a necessity to produce alternative feminist imaginaries.
II. Arab Women, Social Media, and the Arab Spring: Applying the framework of digital reflexivity to analyze gender and online activism By Victoria A. Newsom Lara Lengel Newsom, V. A., & Lengel, L. (2012).
Arab Women, Social Media, and the Arab Spring: Applying the framework of digital reflexivity to analyze gender and online activism. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 13(5), 31-45.
This article analyses the online activism of Arab women during the citizen revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. It studies the feminist attempt to aid social change by using the tool of digital social networking. Considering the framework of digital reflexivity, this article examines how gendered messages are made invisible to media consumers by constructing and reconstructing them, in such a way that it manipulates the consumers and ultimately suppresses the voices of Arab women.
III. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Visibility Through Selfies: Comparing Platform Mediators Across Ruby Rose’s Instagram and Vine Presence By Stefanie Duguay Duguay, S. (2016).
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer visibility through selfies: Comparing platform mediators across Ruby Rose’s Instagram and Vine presence. Social Media+ Society, 2(2), 2056305116641975.
This article gives a new perspective to view the self-presentation of LGBTQ on social media platforms. By examining the Ruby Rose’s selfies on her Instagram and Vine account, this articles argues that conversational functions of selfies are changed from platform to platform. This article further demonstrates that Instagram mutes the LGBTQ discourse of gender as it only creates an aesthetically appealing self-representation, whereas, Vine is a platform that enables the representation of LGBTQ’s non-normative aspects of gender and sexuality. Therefore, it can be understood how the whole discourse of LGBTQ can change from self-representation on various social media platforms.
IV. The Influence of Media Role Models on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity Gomillion, S. C., & Giuliano, T. A. (2011). The influence of media role models on gay, lesbian, and bisexual identity. Journal of Homosexuality, 58(3), 330-354.
By using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, this study has revealed that Role Models in media have a huge impact on Gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) identities. The representation of role models in media motivates and influence GLB to reveal their sexual identities to the public. These roles models, therefore, create a sense of pride among the GLB who struggle with their identities and further inspire them to ‘come out’. Also, this study suggests that increasing the availability of such GLB role models in the media can have a positive effect on GLB identity.
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