Cyber-trolling as symbolic violence: Deconstructing gendered abuse online

Trolling is often enacted against women and minority groups on social media platforms, such as Twitter, as a means of limiting or undermining participation in virtual space(s). This chapter considers trolling as a form of gendered and symbolic violence. Drawing on an analysis of British national new...

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Main Authors: Karen Lumsden, Heather M. Morgan
Format: Default Book chapter
Published: 2017
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Other human society not elsewhere classified
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Gender
Violence
Social media
Social networking
Feminist
Cyber-abuse
Trolling
Harassment
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25457
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