An everyday struggle: analysis of female university students’ participation in Women's Day
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to study the activism carried out by young women on 8 March and to discover whether this new wave is following in the offline participation of previous generations or whether it has opened up the range of possibilities offered by new technologies. The importance of defining how the Internet affects social movements is vital for current repertoires of action. This research also attempts to contribute with new empirical data to the debate on so-called slacktivism or couch activism, using a mixed method of survey and focus groups. Thus, it is concluded that the students carry out a hybrid action repertoire around feminism throughout the year, in addition to approving slacktivist practices for the inclusion of more people in the movement.
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