Gender politics online? Political women and social media at election time in the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand
Gender politics online? Political women and social media at election time in the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand
Digital optimists have claimed that Internet technology, and especially social media, would revolutionise politics and empower previously marginalised groups. The reality is somewhat different: online like offline politics is the preserve of narrow elite of mostly men, while women are still less likely to discuss politics online. This article offers a comparative study of Theresa May, Hillary Clinton and Jacinda Ardern’s political communications. It investigates whether they used digital technologies during elections to feminise politics and evaluates the extent to which women politicians adopt leadership and communicative styles that challenge masculine norms of political behaviour, whether they prioritise policy areas that are likely to make a difference in women’s lives and if they speak on behalf of other women.
Political Communication, Technology, Gender, Comparative Research, Political Representation, Elections
38-52
Cardo, Valentina
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February 2021
Cardo, Valentina
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Cardo, Valentina
(2021)
Gender politics online? Political women and social media at election time in the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand.
European Journal of Communication, 36 (1), .
(doi:10.1177/0267323120968962).
Abstract
Digital optimists have claimed that Internet technology, and especially social media, would revolutionise politics and empower previously marginalised groups. The reality is somewhat different: online like offline politics is the preserve of narrow elite of mostly men, while women are still less likely to discuss politics online. This article offers a comparative study of Theresa May, Hillary Clinton and Jacinda Ardern’s political communications. It investigates whether they used digital technologies during elections to feminise politics and evaluates the extent to which women politicians adopt leadership and communicative styles that challenge masculine norms of political behaviour, whether they prioritise policy areas that are likely to make a difference in women’s lives and if they speak on behalf of other women.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 October 2020
Published date: February 2021
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Political Communication, Technology, Gender, Comparative Research, Political Representation, Elections
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