Author, as appears in the article.: Tortajada, Iolanda; Caballero-Galvez, Antonio-Alfredo; Willem, Cilia;

Department: Estudis de Comunicació

URV's Author/s: Tortajada Gimenez, Yolanda / Willem, Cilia Margareta Michael

Keywords: Youtube Transsexuality Transgender Transexualidad Trans Social media Media democratization Media Identity Genre Counterpublics Communicsocial media Communication Audience

Abstract: The accessibility and democratization of online media has allowed voices to emerge around issues with low visibility. In this study we are looking at the trans community. Whereas publics are generated in mainstream media, counterpublics emerge from the margins, generating alternative spaces for debate and discussion. YouTube has emerged as a space for collaborative learning and participation, breaking the boundaries between public/private and collective/personal. Taking Elsa Ruiz Comica and Alejandro P. E.'s YouTube channels as a case study, we intend to understand how their respective counter-publics are configured, and to analyze their strategies of technological appropriation and activism. Thanks to the debate generated by their videos, these trans youtubers manage to transfer innovative concepts to a wider audience, contributing to the recognition of diverse (sexual) identities, and to the questioning of gender binarism.

Thematic Areas: Revistas de ciencias sociales Media studies and communication Library and information sciences Library and information science Interdisciplinar Information systems Information science & library science Información y documentación Documentación Cultural studies Comunicación, información y documentación científica Comunicació i informació Comunicação e informação Communication Ciencias sociales Ciências sociais aplicadas i Biblioteconomía y documentación

ISSN: 13866710

Author's mail: yolanda.tortajada@urv.cat cilia.willem@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-9310-652X 0000-0002-8272-498X

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: http://profesionaldelainformacion.com/contenidos/2019/nov/tortajada-caballero-willem.html

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Profesional De La Informacion. 28 (6):

APA: Tortajada, Iolanda; Caballero-Galvez, Antonio-Alfredo; Willem, Cilia; (2019). Contrapúblicos en YouTube: el caso del colectivo trans. Profesional De La Informacion, 28(6), -. DOI: 10.3145/epi.2019.nov.22

Article's DOI: https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2019.nov.22

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications