Abstract

SOSA VALCARCEL, Aimiris; GALARZA FERNANDEZ, Emelina  and  CASTRO-MARTINEZ, Andrea. The collective cyber-activist action of “Las periodistas paramos” for the feminist strike of 8M in Spain. Comun. soc [online]. 2019, vol.16, e7287.  Epub June 05, 2020. ISSN 0188-252X.  https://doi.org/10.32870/cys.v2019i0.7287.

This research analyzes the practices of cyber-activism of “Las periodistas paramos” as an action to support the feminist strike on March 8th, 2018. The case study describes the strategies in the digital space to make the protest visible. It is obtained, among the results, the construction of a gender identity, the support of women journalists to the strike, and a multiplier effect in other professional groups.

Keywords : Cyber-activism; digital communication; journalism; feminism; identity building.

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