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Feminist YouTubers in Spain. A public space for building resistance

Publicated to: Gender And Sexuality In The European Media. Exploring Different Contexts Through Conceptualisations Of Age. 11-23 - 2021-05-20 (), DOI: 10.4324/9780367808792

Authors: Núria Araüna, Iolanda Tortajada, Cilia Willem

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Rovira i Virgili University, Spain - Author
Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain - Author

Abstract

This chapter examines how feminist YouTubers in Spain are forging a digital public space for resistance, by delving into YouTube and analysing videos that share and help spread feminist ideas or actions in Spain. It focuses on the discursive and formal strategies employed by feminist YouTuber activists, and examines their ability to bend the neoliberal logics of YouTube as a personal-brand medium into a tool for awareness-raising and social commitment. In their commitment to combat anti-feminist media discourses, Teresa Lozano and Zua Mendez fight against a politically void concept of feminism and the dangers of the ‘visibility economy’, using their digital skills, self-reflection and humour. In summary, we are facing a scenario where feminist and postfeminist media discourses operate simultaneously, while misogyny and antifeminism are also strengthened, and where both left and right-wing political parties–at …

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Gender equality

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Esta aportación ha sido publicada por la editorial Routledge (Francis & Taylor Group) according to the SPI Ranking, it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021-05-20, es considerada como de las mejores posicionadas, concretamente el Q1.

This publication has been distinguished as a “Highly Cited Paper” by the agencies WoS (ESI, Clarivate) and ESI (Clarivate), meaning that it ranks within the top 1% of the most cited articles in its thematic field during the year of its publication. In terms of the observed impact of the contribution, this work is considered one of the most influential worldwide, as it is recognized as highly cited. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

And this is evidenced by the extremely high normalized impacts through some of the main indicators of this type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of calculation, already indicate that they are well above the average in different agencies:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 1.98 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-17, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 172
  • Scopus: 2
  • Google Scholar: 14
  • Open Alex: 1
  • OpenCitations: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 38.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 55 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 8.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 5 - Gender Equality, with a probability of 74% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Araüna Baro, Nuria) and Last Author (Willem, Cilia Margareta Michael).