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Changing Forms and Platforms of Misogyny: Sexual Harassment of Women Journalists on Twitter
- Editor(s):
- Jyotirmaya Patnaik (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanists, Feminist Humanities, Television Studies
- Subject(s):
- Journalism, Women's studies, Women--Sexual behavior, Digital media, Social media
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Twitter, women journalists, sexual harassment, misogyny, Gender and sexualities, Women's gender, and sexuality studies, New media
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/z92b-9882
- Abstract:
- Across time, in a variety of forms and spaces -from homes and workplaces to digital domains of social media- women have become victims of male dominance. So also are the other vulnerable sections that suffer multi-layered abuse, and endure sexual harassment in social media. Yet, this phenomenon is insufficiently explored. Therefore, this article argues that social media spaces have become domains for sexual harassment and subjugation of women. This article examines gender-trolling on Twitter as a form of sexual violence against women. Employing qualitative analyses of the Twitter conversations on Indian journalists, namely Barkha Dutt, Sagarika Ghose, and Rana Ayyub, it exposes the nature and form of sexual violence against women on the micro-blogging space, and argues that social media platforms constitute convenient havens of harassment against assertive women
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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