When Rape Goes Viral : Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gjika, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape--United States--21st century.

Rape.

Social media and teenagers--United States--21st century.

Social media and teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

Stories of teen sexting scandals, cyberbullying, and image-based sexual abuse have become commonplace fixtures of the digital age, with many adults struggling to identify ways to monitor young people's digital engagement. In When Rape Goes Viral, Anna Gjika argues that rather than focusing on surveillance, we should examine such incidents for what they tell us about youth peer cultures and the gender norms and sexual ethics governing their interactions. Drawing from interviews with teens and high-profile cases of mediated juvenile sexual assault, Gjika exposes the deeply unequal and heteronormative power dynamics informing teens' intimate relationships and online practices, and she critically interrogates the role of digital cultures and broader social values in sanctioning abuse. The book also explores the consequences of social media and digital evidence for young victim-survivors and perpetrators of sexual assault, detailing the paradoxical capacities of technology for social and legal responses to gender-based violence.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Understanding the Youth, Identity, and Technology Nexus

2. Missing Cultures of Consent: Gender Inequality, Digital Commodification, and Youth Ethics

3. A Gold Mine of Information? The Digital Trail in Sex Crimes

4. Navigating Justice: Young Survivors and the Harms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse

5. Beyond the Law: Sexual Violence and Justice Practices in Digital Spaces

6. Toward Harm Reduction and Prevention

Conclusion

Appendix: Methods

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Gjika, Anna When Rape Goes Viral

ISBN:

9780520391055

OCLC:

1405368187