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Papers by Gloria Casanova

Research paper thumbnail of La partecipazione femminile in rete. Una proposta di analisi attraverso la social network analysis e il text-mining.

In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadabilit... more In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadability and consequences through two case-studies in the world of female activism on social networks: (1) the debate that arose in 2015 after the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual cups, dubbed “Tampon Tax”, and (2) the thematic online universe of the international and feminist movement Femen.We used tools of social network analysis and text mining to analyze online platforms (Twitter) to analyse the ways in which women are involved in the new technologies to spread the voice on women and/or feminists battles.

Research paper thumbnail of LA PARTECIPAZIONE FEMMINILE IN RETE Una proposta di analisi attraverso la social network analysis e il text-mining

THE LAB’S QUARTERLY, XXI, 1, 2019, 2019

In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadabilit... more In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated
content” and its spreadability and consequences through two case-studies
in the world of female activism on social networks: (1) the debate that
arose in 2015 after the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual
cups, dubbed “Tampon Tax”, and (2) the thematic online universe of the
international and feminist movement Femen.We used tools of social
network analysis and text mining to analyze online platforms (Twitter) to
analyse the ways in which women are involved in the new technologies to
spread the voice on women and/or feminists battles.

Research paper thumbnail of Cyber-feminism

Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition

This entry provides a definition and a historical perspective on cyber-feminism, the digital femi... more This entry provides a definition and a historical perspective on cyber-feminism, the digital feminist movement that arose in Australia, Canada and England at the beginning of the 1990s and expanded thereafter. This movement promoted the need for women to interact through the World Wide Web to achieve gender equality in the access and production of web-based content. However cyber-feminism also embraced the broader context of women-oriented technology including the biomedical realm and its implications for the modification of the traditional conception of a woman's body and identity. The article also provides a concise summary of the main ideas put forward by Sadie Plant, Donna J. Haraway, and Virginia Berret, some of the major contributors to the development of the cyber-feminist thought.

Research paper thumbnail of "Se Non Ora, Quando?": Politica, Prosumer e Femminismo Digitale

Conference Presentations by Gloria Casanova

Research paper thumbnail of “Liquid feminism in a liquid society”: from cyber-feminism to the web 2.0 women politics participation

Research paper thumbnail of GENDER AND CONSUMPTION: "FEMINA OECONOMICA". A REFLECTION ON "TAMPON TAX" WITHIN AN EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

This paper is an empirical work focused on consumption as a social action through the interpretat... more This paper is an empirical work focused on consumption as a social action through the interpretative means, as an individual strategy of inclusion/exclusion and as a mean to the identity construction. Our research addresses gender issues related to consumer behaviour. Gender and consumption indeed play a major role from a sociological perspective in the way social relationships are constructed. To illustrate this, we chose to focus on the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual cups (dubbed "Tampon Tax") as a specific case study, due to its recent relevant to the political agenda of many European countries. Our main hypothesis posit that the "Tampon Tax" exemplifies a tendency to consider gender-specific essential goods as luxury goods, hence expanding the gender-gap. However, each European country seem to tackle the "Tampon Tax" debate in a peculiar manner. Within the directive 2009/132/EC that prohibits the zero VAT on certain products, some countries charge tampons at a reduced rate (France, UK), while others charge the standard rate (Italy, Greece). The aim of our work is to review the European discourse on "Tampon-Tax" in order to (1) provide theoretical and empirical support to our thesis and (2) to assess potential contradictions within the political action and its effect on the public opinion as well as on women's movements in the UE. Through the mixed method research, we will make use of database and price trends from the European Union countries, as well as a qualitative analysis of the Italian public debate within a broader European framework. In conclusion, our results describe, "Tampon Tax" as a useful vehicle to tackle questions related to the relationship between gender and consumption.

Research paper thumbnail of La partecipazione femminile in rete. Una proposta di analisi attraverso la social network analysis e il text-mining.

In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadabilit... more In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadability and consequences through two case-studies in the world of female activism on social networks: (1) the debate that arose in 2015 after the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual cups, dubbed “Tampon Tax”, and (2) the thematic online universe of the international and feminist movement Femen.We used tools of social network analysis and text mining to analyze online platforms (Twitter) to analyse the ways in which women are involved in the new technologies to spread the voice on women and/or feminists battles.

Research paper thumbnail of LA PARTECIPAZIONE FEMMINILE IN RETE Una proposta di analisi attraverso la social network analysis e il text-mining

THE LAB’S QUARTERLY, XXI, 1, 2019, 2019

In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated content” and its spreadabilit... more In this paper we study the circulation of so-called “user-generated
content” and its spreadability and consequences through two case-studies
in the world of female activism on social networks: (1) the debate that
arose in 2015 after the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual
cups, dubbed “Tampon Tax”, and (2) the thematic online universe of the
international and feminist movement Femen.We used tools of social
network analysis and text mining to analyze online platforms (Twitter) to
analyse the ways in which women are involved in the new technologies to
spread the voice on women and/or feminists battles.

Research paper thumbnail of Cyber-feminism

Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition

This entry provides a definition and a historical perspective on cyber-feminism, the digital femi... more This entry provides a definition and a historical perspective on cyber-feminism, the digital feminist movement that arose in Australia, Canada and England at the beginning of the 1990s and expanded thereafter. This movement promoted the need for women to interact through the World Wide Web to achieve gender equality in the access and production of web-based content. However cyber-feminism also embraced the broader context of women-oriented technology including the biomedical realm and its implications for the modification of the traditional conception of a woman's body and identity. The article also provides a concise summary of the main ideas put forward by Sadie Plant, Donna J. Haraway, and Virginia Berret, some of the major contributors to the development of the cyber-feminist thought.

Research paper thumbnail of "Se Non Ora, Quando?": Politica, Prosumer e Femminismo Digitale

Research paper thumbnail of “Liquid feminism in a liquid society”: from cyber-feminism to the web 2.0 women politics participation

Research paper thumbnail of GENDER AND CONSUMPTION: "FEMINA OECONOMICA". A REFLECTION ON "TAMPON TAX" WITHIN AN EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

This paper is an empirical work focused on consumption as a social action through the interpretat... more This paper is an empirical work focused on consumption as a social action through the interpretative means, as an individual strategy of inclusion/exclusion and as a mean to the identity construction. Our research addresses gender issues related to consumer behaviour. Gender and consumption indeed play a major role from a sociological perspective in the way social relationships are constructed. To illustrate this, we chose to focus on the proposal to axe VAT on tampons and menstrual cups (dubbed "Tampon Tax") as a specific case study, due to its recent relevant to the political agenda of many European countries. Our main hypothesis posit that the "Tampon Tax" exemplifies a tendency to consider gender-specific essential goods as luxury goods, hence expanding the gender-gap. However, each European country seem to tackle the "Tampon Tax" debate in a peculiar manner. Within the directive 2009/132/EC that prohibits the zero VAT on certain products, some countries charge tampons at a reduced rate (France, UK), while others charge the standard rate (Italy, Greece). The aim of our work is to review the European discourse on "Tampon-Tax" in order to (1) provide theoretical and empirical support to our thesis and (2) to assess potential contradictions within the political action and its effect on the public opinion as well as on women's movements in the UE. Through the mixed method research, we will make use of database and price trends from the European Union countries, as well as a qualitative analysis of the Italian public debate within a broader European framework. In conclusion, our results describe, "Tampon Tax" as a useful vehicle to tackle questions related to the relationship between gender and consumption.