Women in the digital world

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ID20510215
AuthorsAnya Schiffrin (0000-0002-1103-1801, Columbia University), Karolina Koc-Michalska (0000-0002-5354-5616, Audencia Business School, corresponding author), Michelle Ferrier (School of Journalism and Graphic Communication, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
Year2021
Volume24
Issue14
Pages1991-1997
Publication date2021-10-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInformation Communication & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-118X • E-ISSN: 1468-4462
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369118x.2021.1974520
OpenAlexW3210660133
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

In the early days of the internet it was hoped that going online would bring communities together, help people find each other and that social media would become a powerful advocacy tool as communities could better campaign for the causes they believed in. Instead, gender discrimination, trolling and abusive behavior are rife on the internet. This introduction provides context on women in the digital world. The papers in this special issue include research on gender and politics from political actors’ and citizens’ perspective, they examine the importance of the online access to information, the role of women within the tech industry, they look at online harassment, at how women are treated online, and how NGOs deal with evidence of mistreatment of women

Harassment · Internet privacy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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