Queer voices in the digital barricades: Exploring social media use in information resistance
Dreeszen Bowman, Rhys
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Title
Queer voices in the digital barricades: Exploring social media use in information resistance
Author(s)
Dreeszen Bowman, Rhys
Issue Date
2024-10-16
Keyword(s)
Rural information seeking
queer communities
information resistance
Information needs
information seeking
specific populations
social media
social justice
Abstract
This paper interrogates how queer people use the Facebook group Queer Exchange to build community and meet information needs. Research indicates that queer people face social exclusion in mainstream society, which leads to health injustices. Social media can then become a space to build inclusion, necessitating the study of queer virtual space. The study consists of 12 semi-structured interviews with queer adults living in rural communities in Western Massachusetts. The themes identified include community-sourced information, community building by identity, and reproducing offline oppressions. The paper uses de Certeau’s theory of tactics and Chatman’s small world theory to frame the research. The study concludes that Queer Exchange plays an essential role in the digital information worlds of rural queer people.
Publisher
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2024
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper
Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/130770
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1712
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2024 Rhys Dreeszen Bowman
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