Le temps des pionniers : Jean-François Augoyard et le Cresson
The increasing use of digital social networks (DSNs) in collective action attests to the importance these platforms have gained in activist practices. Far from being mere tools for content ranking, DSNs structure interactions between users. This article demonstrates that certain social movements are...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2018
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The increasing use of digital social networks (DSNs) in collective action attests to the importance these platforms have gained in activist practices. Far from being mere tools for content ranking, DSNs structure interactions between users. This article demonstrates that certain social movements are currently engaging in what we propose to call “algorithmic manifestations” which are strategies of protest groups aimed at leveraging the known or imagined characteristics of DSN algorithms to promote their political and social interests. The investigation is based on a study of the so-called “anti-gender” movement in Latin America, a right-wing and far-right transnational movement that opposes feminism, LGBT+ advances, and the concept of gender as a “social construct”. The analysis of the algorithmic aspect of their repertoire of action allows us to account for the activist investments made regarding the real or perceived “influence” of DSNs in the political field and the space of social movements. It highlights the processes of reappropriation of DSNs by users sensitive to these forms of propaganda. The main result of the investigation, conducted through semi-structured interviews and content analysis with 116 Latin American “anti-gender” groups in eleven different countries, is the surprising consensus expressed by the participants regarding the consideration of algorithms in their activist practices: this dimension of their activity is identified by all participants, regardless of their level of professionalization in the media, institutional affiliation, country of origin, and audience of their page. |
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