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Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media
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The current Spanish higher education landscape (characterized by evaluations, overcrowding
of classrooms, commitment to internationalization) has social, employment,
and health repercussions for Early Career Academics (ECAs). However, this
group of academics is often described as passive subjects when it comes to challenging
the current situation in higher education. In this study, we sought to understand
the attitudes of resistance and criticism in ECAs by analyzing the activity (through
NodeXL) and content (through Nvivo12) of the Twitter accounts of two Spanish
ECA associations. Twitter (now X) was selected since social media has emerged as
a new form of social empowerment and democratization. It is concluded that there
are attitudes of resistance among the accounts analyzed. However, for ECAs, criticism
of the evaluation system and emphasis on scientific production is relegated to
the background, with criticism of their working conditions taking priority. Finally,
we highlight the significant and impactful role of associations in social and political
struggles.
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Early career academic Higher education Twitter Social networks analysis Resistance Academic identity
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Mula-Falcón, J., Viseu, S., & da Silva, R. (2024). Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media. Higher Education Policy, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-024-00353-4
Publisher
Springer Nature