RUDN Journal of Political ScienceRUDN Journal of Political ScienceВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология2313-14382313-1446Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3031610.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-1-64-89FEMINISM AS AN IDEOLOGY AND CONCEPTUAL BASE FOR POLITICSФЕМИНИЗМ КАК ИДЕОЛОГИЯ И КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНОЕ ОСНОВАНИЕ ПОЛИТИКИResearch ArticleThe Fourth Wave of Feminism: Political Discourse and Opinion Leaders in TwitterЧетвертая волна феминизма: политический дискурс и лидеры мнений в социальной сети Твиттерhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-107XGnedashAnna A.ГнедашАнна Александровна

PhD of Political Science, Associate Professor

кандидат политических наук, доцент

anna_gnedash@inbox.ruKuban State UniversityКубанский государственный университет25022022241Women and Feminism in Global PoliticsЖенщины и феминизм в глобальной политике648925022022Copyright ©; 2022, Gnedash A.A.Copyright ©; 2022, Гнедаш А.А.2022Gnedash A.A.Гнедаш А.А.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/30316

In the 21st century, the feminist movement continues to be one of the largest socio-political movements, which acquired a new consolidation platform via the Internet and new ways for mobilization via social media. The conceptualization of fourth-wave feminism is an exceptionally relevant topic for research, taking into account the results of the Women’s March and #MeToo movements, the actualization of feminist and gender equality issues in the digital social and political agenda, as well as the discourse around the situation with women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan. Social media democratized feminism and created precedents of converting feminist political capital from online to offline activities (examples are discussed in the article). To assess the extent, content and potential of fourth-wave feminism, the article presents the results of a Big Data study: network data upload from the social network Twitter for the keyword “women” (including more than 1,000,000 tweets and retweets). Using the methods of network, relational and discourse analysis the author analyzed the datasets obtained (at 5 control points), visualized social graphs, identified and described the opinion leaders (and the content that they formed) in the political discourse of the fourth-wave feminism on the Internet and described the dynamics of key discursive topics. As a result of the study, the author concluded how the issue of Afghan women’s rights entered the political discourse of fourth-wave feminism and how and why it was replaced by the issue of the Texas abortion law. The article ends in a conclusion about the prospects for the development of the discourse of fourth-wave feminism.

В XXI веке феминистское движение остается одним из крупнейших общественно-политических движений и обретает новую платформу консолидации - Интернет и новые способы мобилизации - социальные медиа. Освещение деятельности участников(ниц) и сторонников(ниц) движений Women’s Mаrch и #MeToo, актуализация женского вопроса и проблем гендерного равенства в цифровой социально-политической повестке, а также дискурс о ситуации с правами и свободами женщин в Афганистане делает актуальным поиск объяснительных моделей новых феноменов в развитии феминизма. Социальные медиа демократизировали феминизм и создали прецеденты конвертации политического капитала феминисток из онлайн-пространства в офлайн-деятельность (примеры рассматриваются в статье). Для оценки масштаба, содержания и потенциала четвертой волны феминизма в статье приводятся результаты эмпирического анализа Big Data: выгрузки сетевых данных (общее количество составило более 1 000 000 твитов и ретвитов) из социальной сети Twitter по ключевому слову «women». С помощью сетевого, реляционного и лингводискурсивного анализа были проанализированы полученные дата-сеты (в 5 контрольных точках), визуализированы социальные графы, выявлены и описаны лидеры мнений (и цифровой контент, который ими был сформирован) в сформированном политическом дискурсе четвертой волны феминизма в социальной сети Твиттер, определена и охарактеризована динамика ключевых дискурсивных тематик. В результате исследования сделан вывод о том, как проблематика прав афганских женщин вошла в политической дискурс четвертой волны феминизма и как и почему она была замещена проблематикой закона о запрете абортов в штате Техас США. В заключении делается вывод о дальнейших перспективах развития дискурсивного поля четвертой волны феминизма.

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