This book demonstrates that the disciplinary boundaries present
within international relations approaches to security studies are
redundant when examining social media, and inter- and
multi-disciplinary analysis is key. A key result of the analysis
undertaken is that when examining the social media sphere security
scholars need to "expect the unexpected". This is because social
media enables users to subvert, contest and create security
narratives with symbols and idioms of their choice which can take
into account "traditional" security themes, but also unexpected and
under explored themes such as narratives from the local context of
the users' towns and cities, and the symbolism of football clubs.
The book also explores the complex topography of social media when
considering constructions of security. The highly dynamic
topography of social media is neither elite dominated and
hierarchical as the Copenhagen School conceptualises security
speak. However, neither is it completely flat and egalitarian as
suggested by the vernacular security studies' non-elite approach.
Rather, social media's topography is shifting and dynamic, with
individuals gaining influence in security debates in unpredictable
ways. In examining social media this book engages with the
emancipatory burden of critical security studies. This book argues
that it remains unfulfilled on social media and rather presents a
"thin" notion of discursive emancipation where social media does
provide the ability for previously excluded voices to participate
in security debates, even if this does not result in their direct
emancipation from power hierarchies and structures offline.
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