Anna Gjika

When Rape Goes Viral (eBook, ePUB)

Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stories of teen sexting scandals, cyberbullying, and image-based sexual abuse have become commonplace fixtures of the digital age, with many adults struggling to identify ways to monitor young people's digital engagement. In When Rape Goes Viral, Anna Gjika argues that rather than focusing on surveillance, we should examine such incidents for what they tell us about youth peer cultures and the gender norms and sexual ethics governing their interactions. Drawing from interviews with teens and high-profile cases of mediated juvenile sexual assault, Gjika exposes the deeply unequal and heteronormative power dynamics informing teens' intimate relationships and online practices, and she critically interrogates the role of digital cultures and broader social values in sanctioning abuse. The book also explores the consequences of social media and digital evidence for young victim-survivors and perpetrators of sexual assault, detailing the paradoxical capacities of technology for social and legal responses to gender-based violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520391055
• Artikelnr.: 67730729

Autorenporträt

Anna Gjika is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at New Paltz.