The social media framing of gender pay gap debate in American women’s sport: A linguistic analysis of emotive language

This article presents the findings of a corpus linguistic analysis of the hashtags #mansplaining, #manspreading, and #manterruption, three lexical blends which have recently found widespread use across a variety of online media platforms. Focusing on the social media and microblogging site Twitter, we analyze a corpus of over 20,000 tweets containing these hashtags to examine how discourses of gender politics and gender relations are represented on the site. More specifically, our analysis suggests that users include these hashtags in tweets to index their individual evaluations of, and assumptions about, “proper” gendered behavior. Consequently, their metadiscursive references to the respective phenomena reflect their beliefs of what constitutes appropriate (verbal) behavior and the extent to which gender is appropriated as a variable dictating this behavior. As such, this article adds to our knowledge of the ways in which gendered social practices become sites of contestation and how contemporary gender politics play out in social media sites.

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From Disruption to Dialog: Days of Judaism on Polish Twitter

Religions ◽

10.3390/rel12100828 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (10) ◽

pp. 828

Author(s):

Mariusz Pisarski ◽

Aleksandra Gralczyk

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Power Laws ◽

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Classical Rhetoric ◽

Constructive Dialogue ◽

The Social ◽

Social Media Platforms

While social media platforms afford visibility to marginalized voices and enable dissemination of alternative narratives, their own “power laws” can make few users responsible for most of the attention. New power users can redirect discussion away from those who initiate a conversation. The aim of this study is to examine relations between the network “gatekeepers” and “gatewatchers” following the announcement of the Days of Judaism celebrated by the Polish Episcopate every January. Two methodological approaches were taken over two consecutive years: social network analysis (SNA), and linguistic analysis of social media discourse. The linguistic analysis confirmed importance of classical rhetoric effects on Twitter. The social network analysis revealed that a balanced, personal statement given by users with high network standing outside of the Twittersphere can ignite constructive dialogue in the spirit of the inter-religious exchange that the idea behind Days of Judaism stands for. Our conclusion is that a careful social media policy of the Church, a controlled engagement in the public conversation, possibly by lay sympathizers of high standing in the real public life, have the potential for dispensing with the infamous toxicity of Twitter, and for turning conversation on any topic, even the most controversial, into positive exchange within the community of believers.

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FRAMING ANALYSIS PEMBERITAAN AKSI PENEMBAKAN MUSLIM CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND DI MEDIA ONLINE BBC

MEDIAKITA ◽

10.30762/mediakita.v3i2.1807 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Moh. Yunus

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Zealand ◽

Media Framing ◽

Online Media ◽

Framing Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Religious Issue ◽

The Media ◽

Western Media

In this article, the authors chose to do a framing analysis built by western media in the Muslim shootings that took place in New Zealand. The media that the authors of the analysis are online media, BBC. After framing the author found several facts that, the BBC media always tuck in every beginning of the headline (which is related to the event) by using the sentence Christchurch Shootings. The BBC media also picked up a story of a hero in Naaem Rashid, one of the victims who fought against the shooter before being killed. This media also criticized several policies on the legality of possession of firearms in New Zealand and criticism of several social media that ‘already’ broadcasted videos containing shooting content and delays in some of the social media in removing videos thathad spread. BBC media did not mention that this act was an act of terrorism or even called Brenton Tarrant - the Actor of the Shooting - as a terrorist. In fact, this media does not mention the issue of religion which is one of the motives for the shooting carried out by Brenton. The media also did not mention victims based on their religion. This shows that the BBC media does not want to bring up the religious issue which is one of the factors in the shooting.Keywords: Christchurch Shooting, BBC online media, Framing

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LEGAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF THE GENDER PAY GAP IN POLAND

Polityka Społeczna ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.3192 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 568 (7) ◽

pp. 12-20

Author(s):

Małgorzata Mędrala

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Labour Market ◽

Social Determinants ◽

Social Factors ◽

Wage Gap ◽

Gender Pay Gap ◽

Pay Gap ◽

The Social ◽

Corporate Social

In the article, the Author attempts to identify the most important legal and social factors in Poland that may affect the gender pay gap. The Author analyzes appropriate Polish solutions in this area, especially in the field of wage antidiscrimination and wage transparency. Comparing applied foreign legislation solutions and corporate social responsibility solutions aimed at reducing the wage gap, the Author notices shortcomings in this respect in Polish legislation and proposes de lege ferenda solutions. She also draws attention to the social costs of employing women, which may contribute to their discrimination on the labour market.

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Distorsi Komunikasi Pembangunan Pemerintahan Presiden Jokowi di Media Sosial

Jurnal ILMU KOMUNIKASI ◽

10.24002/jik.v14i2.999 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 259-276

Author(s):

Pajar Hatma Indra Jaya

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Media Framing ◽

The Social ◽

The Government

Jokowi’s image as a leader is populist-nasionalist. However, there were some contradictory news with the related image in the social media, which is released in December 2016 until January 2017. This research aims to explore those distorted news. It is revealed that the government media framing did not dominate the social media. The news were interpreted or added in accordance with the viewer’s interest that leads to a hoax. This research reinforces Barthes, Baudrillard, and Eco that the era of social media brings the death of reality.

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Spain

IMF Staff Country Reports ◽

10.5089/9781513560984.002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (299) ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Rental Housing ◽

Housing Affordability ◽

Gender Pay Gap ◽

Policy Options ◽

Pay Gap ◽

Large Inclusion ◽

The Social

The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate Spain’s already large inclusion gap. Responding in the recovery with policies that support social objectives should be a key priority and calls for several structural changes. This paper summarizes some of the main drivers behind the social dispersion, which pre-dates the COVID-19 crisis, and policy options. The focus is on how to address the fragmented labor market, tackle pressures on rental-housing affordability, and lower the gender pay gap.1, 2

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Knowledge Contribution in Organizations via Social Media

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000169 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 12-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicole Behringer ◽

Kai Sassenberg ◽

Annika Scholl

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Expectancy Theory ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Abstract Knowledge ◽

The Social ◽

Willingness To Contribute ◽

Social Media Tool

Abstract. Knowledge exchange via social media is crucial for organizational success. Yet, many employees only read others’ contributions without actively contributing their knowledge. We thus examined predictors of the willingness to contribute knowledge. Applying social identity theory and expectancy theory to knowledge exchange, we investigated the interplay of users’ identification with their organization and perceived usefulness of a social media tool. In two studies, identification facilitated users’ willingness to contribute knowledge – provided that the social media tool seemed useful (vs. not-useful). Interestingly, identification also raised the importance of acquiring knowledge collectively, which could in turn compensate for low usefulness of the tool. Hence, considering both social and media factors is crucial to enhance employees’ willingness to share knowledge via social media.

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