Beyond Diversity Ventriloquism: How Mujer T Is Transing Inclusion in Bogotá

Hypatia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-695
Author(s):  
Juliana Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Societal Change ◽  
Feminist Scholarship ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Beauty Pageant ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Considerable Controversy

In 2013 the mayor's office of Bogotá organized the first ever Mujer T. The event, originally conceived as a beauty pageant, generated considerable controversy. Unexpectedly, however, most of the criticism came not from conservative groups, but from well‐known cisgender feminist scholars who criticized the event from a traditional gender perspective. A heated debate about the needs, challenges, desires, and opportunities of trans women continued during the weeks prior to the event. The discussion played out through blogs, social media, and private and public conversations. Nevertheless, although there was much talk about transwomen, there was little room for their voices. This article argues that because of the actors involved, the dynamics and content of the conversations, and the changes that took place in its aftermath, Mujer T 2013 highlights how trans people's bodies, expressions—whether related to gender, culture, or politics—and self‐determination processes are intensely policed and contested, even by those whose explicit intent is to support and celebrate them. Therefore, understanding the dynamics of what happened around Mujer T 2013 has important lessons for the development of trans‐inclusive policies and initiatives, feminist scholarship and practice, and institutional and societal change.

scholarly journals The Promoter, Celebrity, and Joker Roles in Journalists’ Social Media Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630512199064
Author(s):  
Claudia Mellado ◽  
Alfred Hermida
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Professional Norms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Media Performance

One of the main challenges of studying journalistic roles in social media practice is that the profession’s conceptual boundaries have become increasingly blurred. Social media has developed as a space used by audiences to consume, share, and discuss news and information, offering novel locations for journalists to intervene at professional and personal levels and in private and public spheres. This article takes the “journalistic ego” domain as its starting point to examine how journalists perform three specific roles on social media: the promoter, the celebrity, and the joker. To investigate these roles in journalistic performance, the article situates their emergence and operationalization in a broader epistemological context, examining how journalists engage with, contest, and/or diverge from different professional norms and practices, as well as the conflict between traditional and social media-specific roles of journalists.

scholarly journals Mothers with Serious Mental Illness: Their Experience of “Hitting Bottom”

ISRN Nursing ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis Montgomery ◽  
Sharolyn Mossey ◽  
Patricia Bailey ◽  
Cheryl Forchuk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Early Assessment ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Private And Public

This study sought to understand the experience of “hitting bottom” from the perspective of 32 mothers with serious mental illness. Secondary narrative analysis of 173 stories about experiences related to hitting bottom were identified. Enactment of their perceived mothering roles and responsibilities was compromised when confronted by the worst of illness. Subsequent to women's descent to bottom was their need for a timely and safe exit from bottom. An intense experience in bottom further jeopardized their parenting and treatment self-determination and, for some, their potential for survival. The results suggest that prevention of bottom is feasible with early assessment of the diverse issues contributing to mothers' vulnerabilities. Interventions to lessen their pain may circumvent bottom experiences. Healing necessitates purposeful approaches to minimize the private and public trauma of bottom experiences, nurture growth towards a future, and establish resources to actualize such a life.

Public Intimacy and the New Face (Book) of Surveillance

2010 ◽  
pp. 2057-2068
Author(s):  
Lemi Baruh ◽  
Levent Soysal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Social Currency ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, social media have become an important avenue for self-expression. At the same time, the ease with which individuals disclose their private information has added to an already heated debate about the privacy implications of interactive media. This chapter investigates the relationship between disclosure of personal information in social media and two related trends: the increasing value of subjective or private experience as a social currency and the evolving nature of automated dataveillance. The authors argue that the results of the extended ability of individuals to negotiate their identity through social media are contradictory. The information revealed to communicate the complexity of one’s identity becomes an extensive source of data about individuals, thereby contributing to the functioning of a new regime of surveillance.

Blurring Boundaries of Private and Public Spheres in Social Networking: Facebook Portrayal in Focus

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
FE MONIQUE MUSNI TAGAYTAY
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

The phenomenon of globalization has never been felt before than it is today.The prime mover of this phenomenon is the Internet, and it is not an exaggerationto state that this form of media has revolutionized the access to information. Thisstudy examined the practices of selected college students who reflect an overlappingof public and private spheres in their use of Facebook. Through this study, theneed to look into the way privacy is viewed is addressed. This case study analyzedthe experiences of the selected student-informants from the University of theImmaculate Conception (UIC) and reported their detailed views. This is doneto get a holistic picture of the blurring of social and private spheres broughtabout by increased user self-disclosure. The study reveals that the informants stillfind privacy important but seem to take a background with their perception ofabsolute freedom when using social media, which seems to be the point where the blurring of private and public spheres occurs. The results of the study also show that the role of the individual as gatekeeper and filter of information is central tothe content of social media, placing a high premium on media literacy of socialmedia users.Keywords: Communication, social media, Facebook, privacy, descriptive-qualitative design, Philippines, Asia

A sceptical reflection on the diagnosis of multiple personality disorder

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Aldridge-Morris
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
North America ◽  
Multiple Personality Disorder ◽  
Multiple Personality ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Considerable Controversy ◽  
Sceptical View

AbstractMultiple personality disorder (MPD) is being diagnosed with increasing frequency, especially in North America. However, soaring estimates of its current prevalence are accompanied by considerable controversy and heated debate. The author presents a number of grounds on which it seems reasonable to base a sceptical view of the validity of this disorder as a naturally occurring diagnostic entity.

scholarly journals ICT-enabled self-determination, disability and young people

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
University Life ◽  
The Impact

Research and practice about self-determination in the context of disability has centred on teaching skills and providing support to help people with impairments to be independent. However, limited research exists about the impact of Information and Communication Technologies, in particular social media and mobile devices, on the development of self-determination skills among people with disabilities. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study which collected data from observations, a researcher diary, focus groups, individual interviews and data from social media. The focus of the study was on young people with vision impairments who were transitioning to university life. The study found that the participants developed self-determination skills by using and adapting collaborative and interactive online tools and mobile devices according to their transition needs. This finding expands the understanding of the implications of new technologies for young people with disabilities’ personal development and the enhancement of self-determination.

scholarly journals Old ways and new means: Indigenous accountings during and beyond the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Finau ◽  
Matthew Scobie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intimate Knowledge ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Trade And Exchange

PurposeThe study uses the case of an online-mediated barter economy that proliferated during the COVID-19 crisis to highlight Indigenous notions of barter, trade and exchange.Design/methodology/approachA netnographic approach was employed which involved collecting online posts and comments which were stored and analysed in NVivo. This was supplemented with field notes and reflections from authors with an intimate knowledge of the context. These were analysed thematically. The overall methodology is inspired by decolonising methodologies that seek to restore the agency of Indigenous Peoples in research towards self-determination.FindingsFindings suggest that during and beyond the crisis, social media (a new means) is being used to facilitate barter and determinations of/accounting for value within. This is being done through constant appeals to, and adaptation of, tradition (old ways). Indigenous accounting is therefore best understood as so through Indigenous accountability values and practices.Originality/valueThis paper propose a re-orientation of accounting for barter research that incorporates recent debates between the disciplines of economics and anthropology on the nature of barter, debt and exchange. The authors also propose a re-imagining of accounting and accountability relations based on Indigenous values within an emerging online barter system in Fiji during COVID-19 as “old ways and new means” to privilege Indigenous agency and overcome excessive essentialism.

scholarly journals The Town Square in your Pocket: Exploring Four Metaphors of Social Media

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. le Roux ◽  
Douglas Parry
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Beauty Pageant ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Town

In this paper we explore the use of four metaphors as a means to illuminate particular dimensions of social media logic —the norms, strategies, and economics underpinning its dynamics. Our objective is to utilise metaphor to instigate critical reflection about the nature of social media use behaviour and the role of habitual social media use in our experiences of reality. The first metaphor, social media as a town square, draws attention to the centrality of social media platforms in their users’ lives, fear of missing out, augmented reality and digital dualism. Through the second metaphor, social media as a beauty pageant, we explore self-presentation or image crafting, social comparison and self-evaluation. The third metaphor, social media as a parliament, emphasises the role of social media platforms as spaces for online deliberation and we consider social media capital, homophily and polarisation as themes. Finally, we explore anonymity, deindividuation and deceptive self-presentation through our fourth metaphor, social media as a masquerade ball. We argue that social media scholars can use these and other metaphors to enhance communication of their research findings. Additionally, we believe that social media metaphors can be powerful pedagogical and communication tools, particularly when working with students for whom high levels of social media use is the norm.

Children’s rights and social media: Issues and prospects for adoptive families in Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 741-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piermarco Aroldi ◽  
Nicoletta Vittadini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Right

The worldwide spread of social media is changing the forms and rules of social relations, the boundaries of private and public spheres, and the definition of privacy and its protection. In reflecting on children’s rights in a digital age, the online experiences of adopted children and their families foreground the tension between the right to privacy and protection and children’s right to know about their origins. This article explores the Italian case through a qualitative study of professionals working in private and public foster and adoptive services. It analyses the risks and opportunities presented by social media in the everyday life of adoptive families, with particular attention to children’s rights and recommendations for families and professionals.

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