Online incivility or sexual harassment?: Conceptualising women's experiences in the digital age
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Launched in 2006, the growth of Twitter as a microblogging platform has been exponential, yet little research to date specifically considers women's experiences of the medium. This article draws on a case study of the #mencallmethings hashtag, in which women describe and discuss the verbal abuse that they have received online from men. Providing a broad based context for the specific analysis of the #mencallmethings hashtag, I concentrate on the theoretical contributions made by western feminist research over the last 30 years to embed the aggressive harassment of women online in a wide review of types of threats to women. I argue that the harassment conveyed in the hashtag should be recognised as online sexual harassment, and a form of excluding women's voices from the digital public sphere.
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||
| Refereed: | Yes | ||
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| Measurements or Duration: | 10 pages | ||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.wsif.2014.07.012 | ||
| ISSN: | 0277-5395 | ||
| Pure ID: | 98891799 | ||
| Copyright Owner: | 2014 Elsevier Ltd. | ||
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| Deposited On: | 22 Sep 2021 05:34 | ||
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2024 13:14 |
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