Women's online participation and the transformation of citizenship : a study in Hong Kong and Guangzhou
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2012-01
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IT for Change, Bengaluru, IN
Abstract
The research study looked at the uses of new media among women’s organizations and activists for community building and campaigns for social justice. Whereas established organizations tend not to engage with frontiers of the civic movements, more marginal women’s groups with access to ICT’s have pursued public engagement and education and rely on ICT’s for organizing and advocacy. Individual activists and citizen journalists are knowledgeable of various media forms and platforms. Citizen movements in both Hong Kong and China have been depicted in gender neutral terms, very often represented by male human rights lawyers.
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CHINA--GUANGZHOU, CHINA--HONG KONG, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEW MEDIA, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS