Fighting sexual violence in Egypt on social media

A visual essay on assault police

Bibliographic Data

ID15540738
AuthorsAmr Marzouk (Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author), Gabry Vanderveen (0000-0001-9082-6647, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue10
Pages2329-2341
Publication date2021-10-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2021.1991972
PMID34686112
OpenAlexW3207676424
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited20

In this essay, we explore how Instagram-based account 'Assault Police' uses the tools of social media to name and shame (alleged) perpetrators and to give testimonies of sexually intimidating, violent experiences. We propose the concept of 'framing' to study the development of the account and the campaign, which allowed to create a very local, Egyptian #MeToo movement. By analysing photos posted by the account between July 2020 and January 2021, our findings indicate the ability of Assault Police to adapt to different challenges. Moreover, the account which started as a single-issue movement soon developed into an initiative which focuses on structural roots of violence against women

Criminology · Framing (construction · Media coverage · Media studies · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Sexual assault · Shame · Social media · Sociology · Suicide prevention · History · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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