1. Cyber ativismo e feminismo: o uso de Facebook para fazer cyber feminismo na América Latina.
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LIMA MOTTA, Flavia
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ACTIVISM , *POLITICAL participation , *SOCIAL action , *FEMINISM , *FEMINISTS , *CYBERBULLYING , *SOCIAL movements - Abstract
The importance of activism is essential to the development of different aspects of a society. With the Era of Information, this social dynamic had to adapt to the changes, giving rise to cyber activism. This paper analyzes the presence of cyber activism in societies and how this dynamic partially modified the strategy of some social movements, such as feminism. Cyber feminism practiced in Latin America is also analyzed and how feminist collectives, groups, and associations in that region, which have pages and active profiles on Facebook, organize themselves to practice cyber feminism, and how it affects and helps women in these regions, since its virtual pages function as bridges of support for women in situation of vulnerability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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