Online abuse of women

An interdisciplinary scoping review of the literature

Bibliographic Data

ID12688981
AuthorsSusan Watson (0000-0001-8889-1167, University of York, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue1
Pages51-69
Publication date2023-02-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Media Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14680777.2023.2181136
OpenAlexW4322502987
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited59

This paper outlines the interdisciplinary scoping review undertaken into the online abuse of women. The review assesses literature published between 2000 and 2020, using a scoping review methodology, to discover how online abuse is defined, and recommendations proposed to ameliorate it. Using five databases and a selection of keywords generated 61 studies meeting the criteria. The majority defined online abuse as a structural issue (52/61). This paper determines that contemporary literature describes online abuse as a manifestation of gender-based violence, also evidencing the role of misogyny. The paper concludes that tackling online abuse requires action at three levels—the personal, the organizational, and the societal. Furthermore, utilizing the scoping review method to assess the literature identifies innovative multi-disciplinary solutions to a complex issue

Action (physics · Advertising · Business · Call to action · Discipline · Engineering ethics · Political science · Public relations · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology

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