Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media
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Springer Nature
Materia
Early Career Academic Higher Education Twitter Social Networks Analysis Social Media Resistance Academic Identity Educación Superior Redes Sociales
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2024Referencia bibliográfica
Published version: Mula-Falcón, J., Viseu, S. & da Silva, R. Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media. High Educ Policy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-024-00353-4
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State Research Agency, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation 10.13039/501100011033 PID2019-105631GA-I00/SRA; Ministry of Universities (Spain) FPU19/00942, EST22/00394; FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology UIDB/04107/2020 (10.54499/UIDB/04107/2020); Portuguese Government (CEECIND/01263/2017)Resumen
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.