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Instructors: Dr. Monika Pater
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
SEM: Schlagwort
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
5,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 28
Registration group: AG_NF_AM1/LA_VMPol
Comments/contents:
The linchpin of western democracies is the idea that people of a state at least potentially have access to democratic processes and should participate in them. This also applies to participation in political discourses and the formation of a 'public opinion'. The phenomenon known as 'hate speech' increasingly causes concern insofar that it impedes participation in political discourses and other political processes. The seminar primarily discusses consequences for women. Here, despite overlaps, an attempt is made to differentiate between job-related hostility towards members of certain professions (politicians, journalists, writers) and attacks against members of vulnerable groups who are discriminated against due to class, ethnicity, religion, (dis-)ability etc. be disadvantaged.
People who are read as women as well as members of vulnerable groups had to fight for access to the bourgeois public. We will first discuss the normative concept of the public sphere developed in by Habermas and with the feminist criticism of this concept. Then we will turn to 'misogyny' as developed by Manne and the phenomenon of 'hate speech' (understanding, dissemination, affected persons). This then serves as the basis to investigate collective as well as individual actors (such as Do.n Alphonso) who initiate hostile attacks; particular attention is paid to the responsibility of journalists and politicians and the phenomenon of 'himpathy' (man). Additionally we will discuss how to deal with digital attacks, counter-defense activities and projects - digital and offline; suggesting examples is possible and very welcome.
Learning objectives:
Content goals
- Understanding of the diversity of publics;
- Insights into the concept of bourgeois public sphere and the respective feminist criticism;
- Understanding of the concept of misogyny according to Manne and how to apply it to current examples;
- Competence to discuss options ossibilities and meaningfulness of individual and institutional interventions, e.g. counterspeech and NetzDG.
Transfer goals
• Ability to conduct academic research in this area by proposing informed questions, reviewing current literature in the field, analysing data, and relating key findings to political practice.
Civic goal
• Developing a foundation for more reflective, and critical use of social media for social cohesion.
Didactic concept:
Accordingly, in a first step, theoretical approaches and empirical research results are first developed and discussed critically through reading and discussionj. In a second step, current examples are discussed on these foundations (platform: Openolat and Zoom).
In terms of assignments, participants have the choice between
- Short presentations on theory and empiricism (=> examination performance: individual term paper)
- Small group work to develop your own empirical case studies (=> examination performance: joint expose, e.g. to prepare the BA thesis).
All material is made available via openolat: Either as a pdf for download or via a link. In the curriculum, as in Openolat, a distinction is made between “required reading” and “additional texts” (two different folders on Openolat). Additional material such as Audio or videos are pointed out or linked.
Short presentations should be recorded with ppt and made available in advance (about one week in advance) via Openolat; this also applies to short presentations by the lecturer. Comments and questions on the presentations should be asked via Openolat.
A common, quasi simultaneous text work f. a presentation or in a working group can also take place via Openolat.
At least 50% of the course meetings take place snynchronously in Zoom (you will find the syllabus in Stine and Openolat); Consultation hours are also offered via Zoom, but can also take place in person on request (links are provided in the syllabus).
Literature:
Carstensen, Tanja (2019): Social Media: Zwischen Selbstpräsentation und Unsichtbarkeit, Empowerment und Sexismus. In: Johanna Dorer, Brigitte Geiger, Brigitte Hipfl und Viktorija Ratkovic (Hg.): Handbuch Medien und Geschlecht. Perspektiven und Befunde der feministischen Kommunikations- und Medienforschung. Wiesbaden, S. 1–12 ( available online via StaBi)
Jane, Emma A. (2017): Misogyny online. A short (and brutish) history. London u.a. SAGE (online verfügbar via StaBi)
Manne, Kate (2018): Down girl. The logic of misogyny. New York: Oxford University Press (Preface "Going wrong" available online)
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