1. Gender-based harassment in cyberspace. The case of Pikara magazine
- Author
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Laura Aguilera-Ávila and Alberto Jonay Rodríguez-Darias
- Subjects
Sociology and Political Science ,Social work ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Perspective (graphical) ,050109 social psychology ,Resistance (psychoanalysis) ,Development ,Public relations ,Grounded theory ,Education ,Harassment ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,The Internet ,Sociology ,Cyberspace ,business ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Anonymity - Abstract
The internet has brought about a radical change in the way people communicate and relate to each other. Widespread use of this new system of communication has resulted in a shift in conventional attitudes in human relations. Some of its features are anonymity, virality or disinhibition, which in turn determine norms of interaction. This paper offers an analysis of gender-based harassment on the internet, using the case of Pikara Magazine (a Spanish feminist electronic magazine). The comments posted on this online magazine during 2015 have been analysed from a qualitative perspective (using grounded theory methodology), focusing on discovering the major discursive categories related to harassment behaviours, as well as the different strategies of response and resistance. The categories identified make up a system to be contrasted on future analysis. Finally, different ways of tackling this phenomenon through the social work discipline are also considered.
- Published
- 2018