Ahyper differential counterpublic: Muslim social media users and Islamophobia during the 2016 US presidential election
Autor: | Stine Eckert, Jade Metzger-Riftkin, Sydney O'Shay-Wallace, Sean Kolhoff |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Presidential election Islamophobia Communication 05 social sciences Media studies 050801 communication & media studies Differential (mechanical device) Focus group Metropolitan area 0506 political science Muslim population 0508 media and communications Political science 050602 political science & public administration Public sphere Social media |
Zdroj: | New Media & Society. 23:78-98 |
ISSN: | 1461-7315 1461-4448 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1461444819892283 |
Popis: | We interviewed 61 Muslims in 15 focus groups from the most visible Muslim population in the United States: the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Participants shared their experiences of and responses to Islamophobia on social media and face-to-face during the 2016 US presidential election campaign and aftermath. Applying Fraser’s and Squires’ theories of counterpublics, we developed an adapted understanding of counterpublics in collapsed contexts of online and face-to-face spaces. We argue that everyday Muslim internet users in the United States are an example of a hyper differential counterpublic. They face the pressures of near ubiquitous and ever evolving Islamophobic attacks, while needing to engage with the internet for personal and professional purposes. We suggest that hyper differential counterpublics operate in collapsed contexts of mixed, unimaginable publics, switch between group and individual responses, and craft hyper situational responses to discriminations case by case. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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