DECOLONISING THE INTERNET: EXPERIENCES OF (CYBER)BULLYING AND DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR YOUTH OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN ATHENS

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Μονάδα:
Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και Μέσων Μαζικής Ενημέρωσης
Τίτλος:
DECOLONISING THE INTERNET: EXPERIENCES OF (CYBER)BULLYING AND DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR YOUTH OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN ATHENS
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
This study explores the intricate convergence of Afrophobia and its projection through (Cyber)Bullying for youth of African descent in Greece. It comprehensively documents the colonialistic nature of the internet and Western scholarship in perpetuating racial (cyber)bullying. Furthermore, the study experiments with the idea of Collective Critical Consciousness and its application to transform the internet into a race-sensitive industry. The study bridges the gap in racially sensitive, decolonial research on (Cyber)Bullying by involving those affected as nowledge-holders in Creative Participatory Action Research.

The findings advance AfroGreek youth's proclamation of social media as a breeding ground for racism and how their proactive participation can help reshape the internet. It also results in developing Critical Consciousness as mapped out through the knowledge holders' involvement in Critical Action, Political Self-Efficacy, and Critical Reflection. The output actively contributes to creating impactful internet-based interventions and towards a more inclusive and informed societal framework. Finally, the study proves the efficacy of critical and diverse involvement through the launch of a youth-directed Anti-Bullying Collective.
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2025
Συγγραφείς:
Kainaat Maqbool,
Liza Tsaliki
Εκδότης:
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research
Τίτλος συνεδρίου:
The 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
Σελίδες:
01-05
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Afrophobia, Cyberbullying, Collective Critical Consciousness, Racial Bullying, Racial Cyberbullying
Κύρια θεματική κατηγορία:
Κοινωνικές, Πολιτικές και Οικονομικές επιστήμες
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2024i0.13998
Στοιχεία έργου:
This project has received funding from the European Union HORIZON-MSCA-2021 Doctoral Networks Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101073332
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