The Global Diffusion of the #MeToo Movement
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The Global Diffusion of the #MeToo Movement. / Lee, Myunghee; Murdie, Amanda.
In: Politics and Gender, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2020, p. 827-855.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Global Diffusion of the #MeToo Movement
AU - Lee, Myunghee
AU - Murdie, Amanda
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Why is the #MeToo movement very active in some countries but not in others? What factors encourage the transnational diffusion of digital feminist activism? Although transnational forces are important, we argue that domestic political opportunity structures play a more significant role than transnational influences in the country-level diffusion of #MeToo. We collected 35,211 global tweets and used Bayesian statistical modeling to test the implications of our theory. Our findings support the idea that as a country better protects its citizens’ political and civil rights and civil liberties, individuals in that country are more likely to engage in the #MeToo movement.
AB - Why is the #MeToo movement very active in some countries but not in others? What factors encourage the transnational diffusion of digital feminist activism? Although transnational forces are important, we argue that domestic political opportunity structures play a more significant role than transnational influences in the country-level diffusion of #MeToo. We collected 35,211 global tweets and used Bayesian statistical modeling to test the implications of our theory. Our findings support the idea that as a country better protects its citizens’ political and civil rights and civil liberties, individuals in that country are more likely to engage in the #MeToo movement.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - #MeToo
KW - digital feminist activism
KW - protest
KW - diffusion
KW - political opportunity structures
U2 - 10.1017/S1743923X20000148
DO - 10.1017/S1743923X20000148
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 827
EP - 855
JO - Politics and Gender
JF - Politics and Gender
SN - 1743-923X
IS - 4
ER -
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