The Struggle of Women Content Creators Against Abuse

By Sam Dex

This research is an examination into the ways online abuse functions in certain online spaces.

By analyzing text-based online abuse against women who are content creators, this research

maps how aspects of violence against women offline extends online. This research examines

three different explorations into how online abuse against women functions. Chapter two

considers what online abuse against women looks like on Twitter as a case study. This chapter

contends that online abuse can be understood as an unintentional use of Twitter's design.

Chapter three focuses specifically on the textual descriptions of sexual violence women who are

journalists receive online. Chapter four analyzes Gamergate, an online movement that

specifically looks to organize online abuse towards women. Chapter five concludes by

meditating on the need to look at a bigger picture that includes cultural shifts that dismantle the

normalization of violence against women both on and offline.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1087889537
• ISBN13: 9781087889535
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Indie Publisher
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"