Iranian Feminism and Transnational Ethics in Media Discourse

Sara Shaban

doi:10.5771/9781793647276

Summary

Iranian Feminism and Transnational Ethics in Media Discourse examines the mediated dialogue of #WhiteWednesdays, specifically between U.S. mainstream news narratives and Iranian activists on Twitter. These narratives highlight how hierarchies of visibility in both news and social media discourse overshadow transnational feminist politics while reinforcing femonationalist narratives. Such discourses seemingly support women in Iran, but simultaneously promote Islamophobic messages aligned with U.S. geopolitical politics. In a critical discourse analysis of the #WhiteWednesdays campaign on Twitter and mainstream U.S. news coverage of the movement, this analysis complicates representations of Iran, Muslim women, and feminist politics. The author also unpacks the politics of representation, where voices on the ground are obscured in favor of elite sources who reaffirm U.S Islamophobic and xenophobic ideologies. Scholars and students of communication and media studies will find this book particularly interesting.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4726-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4727-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 138
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. Journalism Ethics No access
2. Putting Theory into Practice No access
3. Conceptual Definition No access
1. Alternative-Activist New Media No access
2. Technological Fetishism No access
3. Representing the “Other” Woman No access
1. Activism and Women in Iran No access
2. Iranian Women in Cyberspace No access
3. Why Does Western Media Keep Getting It Wrong? No access
1. Femonationalism No access
2. Transnational Feminism and Solidarity with Muslim Women No access
1. Exploring Twitter Discourse No access
2. Exploring Mainstream News Discourse No access
3. Data Process No access
1. A Binary Narrative on Hijab: Masih Alinejad and Linda Sarsour Face Off on CNN No access
2. The Shifting Role of Iranian Women: From Victim to Warrior No access
1. Contesting and Constructing Transnational Feminist Politics No access
2. Constituting and Negating Expressions of Solidarity No access
1. Sources, Fixers, and Journalists No access
2. Transnational Journalism, Ethics of Care, and Geopolitics No access
3. In Support of a Transnational Framework No access
Conclusion No access Pages 101 - 108
Bibliography No access Pages 109 - 128
Index No access Pages 129 - 136
About the Author No access Pages 137 - 138