Aesthetics of Otherness: Representation of #migrantcaravan and #caravanamigrante on Instagram

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dc.contributor.authorRosa, Fernanda R.en
dc.contributor.authorSoto-Vasquez, Arthur D.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-29T14:03:24Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-29T14:03:24Zen
dc.date.issued2022-01en
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the representation of the migrant caravan on Instagram showing how an aesthetics of otherness has prevailed in this representation. Aesthetics of otherness is the result of the interaction between platform users' selections and platform affordances that creates a gap between the marginalized other and the user. Based on a qualitative content analysis of posts with the hashtags #caravanamigrante and #migrantcaravan, this research reveals that the two hashtags form parallel, although not alike, communicative spaces where migrant caravan representation is mostly mediated by professionals and organizations interested in promoting their own work and not by the migrants themselves. Despite this trend, users posting with #caravanamigrante were less likely to hijack the intent of the public, more likely to reference reasons for migration, and overall less likely to employ the aesthetics of otherness, which point to the possibility of circumventing the role of the platform in shaping the representation of marginalized people and social justice movements.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221087623en
dc.identifier.issn2056-3051en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.other87623en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111657en
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectmigrant caravanen
dc.subjectcaravana migranteen
dc.subjectInstagramen
dc.subjectLatinx representationen
dc.subjectsocial movementsen
dc.subjecthashtag hijackingen
dc.subjectaesthetics of othernessen
dc.titleAesthetics of Otherness: Representation of #migrantcaravan and #caravanamigrante on Instagramen
dc.title.serialSocial Media + Societyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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