Translocal empowerment communication: Mediated networks of civil society organizations for political empowerment. (1st June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kannengießer, Sigrid
• Is Part Of: Northern lights. Volume 15(2017)
• Page Start: 51
• Page End: 67
• Publication Date: 2017-06-01
• Subjects: Motion pictures -- Periodicals; Television broadcasting -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; 791.4
• DOI: 10.1386/nl.15.1.51_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1601-829X

Abstract

The theoretical concept of translocal empowerment communication is developed in this article on the basis of an empirical study: the Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Program was analysed as a case study of a translocal network of civil society actors whose aim is to empower marginalized women politically using media and communication technologies. The network was analysed using a qualitative approach, and Manuel Castells' network metaphor was helpful to structure the findings and to uncover power structures within the network and the network and its environment. The concept translocal empowerment communication points on the one hand to the translocally mediated connectivity of civil society organizations striving for political empowerment of marginalized people through local media projects; on the other hand, it refers to power structures and inequalities that are produced by translocally mediated networks of civil society actors.