Together we stand? The evolution of online interactions by Southern European LGBTQIA* organizations.

Autor: Perego, Aurora (AUTHOR) aurora.perego@unitn.it, Pilati, Katia (AUTHOR)
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Zdroj: Journal of Information Technology & Politics. Jul-Sep2024, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p258-273. 16p.
Abstrakt: European LGBTQIA* organizations have often been perceived as isolated from other organizations. While investigations have suggested that social media platforms foster inter-organizational ties, their role in promoting or dampening within- and cross-field interactions is understudied. This article aims to fill this gap by examining the factors shaping within- and cross-field digital interactions established by LGBTQIA* organizations located in Milan and Madrid. It analyzes the networks resulting from LGBTQIA* organizations mentioning, sharing, and promoting events on Facebook between 2011 and 2020. Results show that Madrid- and Milan-based LGBTQIA* organizations increasingly engage in cross-field interactions on social media, becoming crucial bridging actors with organizations from other fields. They also suggest that political threats moderate the relationship between organizational identities and cross-field ties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts