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Meaning and Elements of Social Recognition

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Meaning and Elements of Social Recognition

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Definition of Social Recognition:
In general terms, it is the public acknowledgement or respect towards others. Nowadays, it is important, since it is a decisive factor in someone’s access to justice and their sense of self. Its elements include factors such as interaction, involvement, and gratification.

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Charles Taylor- Politics of Recognition

In contemporary movements, recognition is demanded since it is linked to identity. As we negotiate our identity with others socially through dialogue and interaction, recognition is really important to our identity. If there is an absence of recognition, it can hinder self-esteem and understanding of self. Thus, Taylor discusses the following are important in the political sphere:

Politics of equal dignity: the recognition of humanity and citizenship and is linked to equal rights and entitlements.

Politics of difference: uniqueness and differences need to be recognized, as certain rights need to be assigned to specific individuals. (This is related to cultural relativism)

By establishing the previous points, we prevent dominant groups from subjugating others with their hegemony.

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Axel Honneth- Struggle for Recognition

It relates to social conflicts triggered by disrespect or injury. Axel argues recognition (like Taylor) is relevant in identity and self-realization. However, there are 3 spheres of interaction that are connected to recognition and are needed to develop a positive attitude.

Love (results in self-confidence): related to emotions resulting from interactions of close individuals/loved ones (physical and emotional needs).

Rights (results in self-respect): mutual recognition of us and others (equality and respect). Based on responsibility and relationships. Social and legal exclusion can threaten them (rights).

Solidarity (results in self-esteem): others’ recognition of one's abilities, traits and differences. This appreciation results in esteem.

When recognition is denied, it justifies social and political struggles, as it might indicate an injustice is taking place.

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Nancy Frase - Binary relation between Recognition and Redistribution
This theory is more centered in distribution (how it is handled in the market within a hierarchy-differentiated system), as lack of recognition is linked to discrimination, as it results in the denial of rights or inclusion in social interaction. Fraser argues that recognition and justice are connected. If a group is not socially recognized, it is usually followed by cultural and economic injustice. Nancy also argues that economic and cultural injustice are linked, as one heavily influences the other and vice-versa.
Like the two previous theories, recognition is also linked to self-realization.

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Peace Initiative
They argue that in order to achieve peace, the media is needed, as they need to relate necessary and important information to mobilize shared efforts.
In conflicts, the desire for peace is not recognized, but silenced. In order to achieve a resolution, positive change must be made through the movement and actions of a large group of people.

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- In this social media people exercise social recognition by following, interacting with content or directly messaging to share something.

- The common practices are following, commenting, liking, retweeting, and messaging.

- During the 3 days analyzing the social network, the publications shown were the ones that most captured our attention (click on the image to zoom).

- As to the Politics of Recognition from Charles Taylor, in all tweets most of the users defended people from the minorities (disabled man, engineer woman and trans woman) and carried on the politics of equal dignity and difference. Especially towards the man with discapacity, where people expressed their annoyance regarding the job he has and that he should be given a worthy one.

- Apropos Axel Honneth's struggle for recognition the spheres of love, rights and solidarity are present too. Some ways in which this can be seen is in the support that the woman who was fired due to machism receives from her followers (love), the defense towards the exposure of the disabled man and his unfair work (rights) and the acceptance of the diversity in women with the change of the silhouettes of the @womensmarch logo (solidarity).

- Concerning Nancy Frase's theory, lack or recognition and justice were present since discrimination towards people with discapacity and women are present as well as individuals that defended them to achieve justice.

- Finally, "Peace Iniciative" is adjancent since through media and free of expression, positive change has been achieved. For example, the exposure of all cases and the public debate these caused, very likely helped to show different perspectives of a problem and thus open the criteria of users who saw it.

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- In this social media people exercise social recognition by interacting with content and viralization of videos.

- The common practices are following, commenting, liking, sharing on other social media, and messaging.

- During the 3 days analyzing the social network, the publications shown were the ones that most captured our attention, since in both cases the people they are talking about became famous and lost their fame through Tiktok.

- As to the Politics of Recognition from Charles Taylor, in both cases most of the users defended the cat that was beaten and the trans women that were insulted by Luz, on the other hand, their fans defended them despite their actions and carried on the politics of equal dignity and difference.

- Apropos Axel Honneth's struggle for recognition the spheres of love, rights and solidarity are present too. Some ways in which it can be seen is in the support that both persons receive from their followers (love), the defense towards the denigration of trans women and an defenseless cat (rights) and the acceptance through defense of trans women (solidarity).

- Concerning Nancy Frase's theory, lack or recognition and justice were present since discrimination towards trans women and abuse (specism) towards a cat are present as well as individuals that defended them.

- Finally, "Peace Iniciative" is adjancent since through media and free of expression, positive change has been achieved. In the case of the cat, as it can be seen in the image, it is no longer with its abuser and in the case of Luz she has lost a lof of followers after her negative actions towards the lgbt+ community were exposed.

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- In this social media, people exercise social recognition by creating content, following, interacting, messaging, or even sharing posts made by others.

- The common practices are following, commenting, liking, sharing through hashtags, and messaging.

- During the 3 days analyzing the social network, the publications added were the ones that most captured our attention. These posts were the ones related to sharing awareness of injustices regarding members of the LGBTQ community.

- As to the Politics of Recognition from Charles Taylor, across all of these informative posts, users raise their voices to defend people from minorities. Moreover, people carried on both the politics of equal dignity, and the politics of difference. This last statement because Instagram accounts were pointing out the lack of representation in movies, while also indicating the missing legislation of LGBTQ rights in Mexico City.

- Apropos Axel Honneth's struggle for recognition, the spheres of love, rights, and solidarity are present. These facts can be seen by the support through likes and shares of the post (love); by the defense against the lack of LGBTQ security from the government (rights); and by the fight against missing portrayal of LGBTQ people (solidarity).

- Concerning Nancy Frase's theory, lack of recognition and justice were present since homophobia and discrimination towards the LGBTQ community was seen. However, there are groups and people willing to defended them in order to achieve justice.

- Finally, "Peace Iniciative" is adjancent since through media and free of expression, positive change has been achieved. The exposure of legal processes ended up inspiring others to speak against injustices in the comments.