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dc.contributor.authorIoannoni, Kelsey
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-06T18:26:51Z
dc.date.available2014-11-06T18:26:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/5853
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine how sex workers rights organizations use their websites as a site of activist and advocacy work and ask (i) how do various organizations conceptualize sex work on their websites, and to what extent do they incorporate an intersectional feminist perspective? (ii) what communication strategies are used by the four organizations to target audiences in the viewing public? (iii) what audiences do the four websites target? (iv) how do the four organizations discuss successes and challenges on their websites? (v) in what ways do sex worker right organizations use websites to further their goals? The websites of Maggie’s, POWER, and Stella attempt to embrace an intersectional feminist perspective of sex work, while PACE does not. The four organizations strategically use their websites to target audiences with diverse needs, specifically through advocacy efforts in educating the general public about the legitimacy of sexual labour. Additionally, to increase the use of the websites by sex workers, using social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter augment the untapped potential for creating action, mobilization, interaction, and dialogue on the websites.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectsex workeren_US
dc.subjectactivismen_US
dc.subjectadvocacyen_US
dc.subjectwebsitesen_US
dc.subjectsex workeren_US
dc.titleSocial Organization on the Web: How Sex workers Rights Organizations Engage in Activism and Advocacy Work Onlineen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Critical Sociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.embargo.termsNoneen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-04T03:11:24Z


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