2: Research Framework

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This chapter sets out the framework and design of the study, first exploring the theories underpinning the work and then moving into the specifics of how data was collected and analysed. This work is underpinned by three main theoretical frames: theories of legal change as specified Risse, Ropp, and Sikkink’s spiral model of human rights change and the critiques thereof, media effects/social media theory based on the work of Castells and the Gladwell–Shirky debate, both viewed through a fourth wave feminism and digital feminist activism lens drawing on the work of Hemmings, Rentschler, and boyd in particular. These three theories, woven together, provide the understanding for research design, structuring the study, and guiding the analysis and conclusions.

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