Cyberstalking practices

Asymmetrical power relationships at the University of Dar es Salaam

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3666848
AutoresAngela Mathias Kavishe (Yahoo (United Kingdom), autor de correspondencia), Maheshvari Naidu (0000-0003-0398-3834)
Año2023
Volumen32
Número5
Páginas460-470
Fecha de publicación2023-07-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2022.2128726
OpenAlexW4303043334
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas31

Cyberstalking, especially among university students, has become a critical social concern. While a growing body of research associates cyberstalking with abuse of technology, psychological instability and the perceived porosity of the legal systems, power inequality has not been foregrounded as a major driver. With a focus on establishing power relationships between victims and perpetrators, the study explored structural and social environments surrounding female students at the University of Dar es Salaam. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected with an online survey questionnaire distributed to 424 female students. Together with the questionnaire, deeper insights for the qualitative information were obtained from online interviews held with 30 female students and 15 key informants as well as from online Focused Group Discussion held with another cluster of 30 female students who had experiences of cybertalking. Interpreted from a feminist theoretical perspective and ‘gender digital divide’ stances, the results indicate multiple forms of unequal power relations surrounding third-world women internet users in universities. The study recommends strategies against gender inequality to be extended to cyberspace, while women’s empowerment in online spaces should be spearheaded in gender equality discourse

Empowerment · Focus group · Inequality · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment