Dear Paula I did a study of an online gossip network among unemployed young people in a low-income black neighbourhood in South Africa, which you may find interesting. http://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.uct.ac.za/doi/abs/10.1080/02560046.2012.7... I initially considered doing a critical discourse analysis of the gossip site itself, but I'm glad I chose rather to do qualitative interviews with the young people, as I was surprised by the findings. Through the interviews I found out mainly young women used the gossip site as a type of class-policing, to target other young women who were defying class boundaries and 'moving up' - a type of 'tall poppy' syndrome. Here an abject female character associated with a stereotype of the 'black primitive' was constructed as identity for those who 'think they're better than us', so perpetuating both race, class and gender divisions in a highly fractured society. I would not have discovered this from the content of the site. Good luck with your research. Alette Alette Schoon Senior Lecturer Television Production School of Journalism and Media Studies Rhodes University South Africa Quoting Paula Todd <paulatoddmedia@gmail.com>:
Hi AoIR-ers,
With apologies for cross-posting.
Will be very sorry to miss Phoenix this month (Korea was amazing last year) but the US dollar is a Canadian nightmare. What a difference a year (and oil) makes. Enjoy!
*Query: *I'm researching the effects of negative online role-modelling (including sexist/racists memes, videos and social media) on incidents of *offline* harassment. I am looking at adults, particularly women, rather than youth digital-schoolyard bullying. I'm inching through Critical Discourse Analysis as a theoretical framework, but wonder whether anyone imagines a more helpful framework(s). eg. feminist theory. Is there good work/research that should be consulted?
New to PhD studies, so any help would be gratefully accepted, and shared with permission only.
Best, Paula
*PAULA TODD, *B.A., LL.B. , PhD Candidate@YorkU Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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