“The evil that feminism represents”
an analysis of moral panic in antifeminist narratives on Instagram
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5380/am.v32i1.104025Abstract
This study analyzes antifeminist narratives from three Instagram accounts and the mechanisms through which they contribute to the construction of moral panic in the digital environment. Based on content analysis (Bardin, 2016) of videos published between 2024 and 2025, and drawing on the theoretical frameworks of Cohen (1972) and Machado (2004), it identifies that feminism is constructed as a threat to the Christian moral order, within narratives that weaken historically achieved women’s rights and are amplified by the platform’s algorithms. This process is organized into three axes: gender disinformation, structural misogyny, and moral entrepreneurship.
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