Handbook on gender and digital media / edited by Dustin Harp (Department of Communication, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA), Ingrid Bachmann (School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile) and Jaime Loke (Bob Schieffer College of Communication, Texas Christian University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harp, Dustin, editor.

Bachmann, Ingrid, editor.

Loke, Jaime, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

International handbooks on gender

International handbooks on gender series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Women in mass media.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This timely Handbook explores the intersection between gender and digital media, examining how virtual platforms both challenge and reinforce traditional gender norms and inequalities. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it reflects on key issues such as gendered digital labor, self-expression and intersectionality in cyberspaces. Leading and emerging international scholars discuss how gender identities are portrayed in virtual environments, addressing issues of stereotyping and visibility for marginalized groups. They demonstrate how digital platforms have become crucial tools for gender and LGBTQIA+ activism and investigate how feminist theories critique and reshape virtual infrastructures. Chapters delve into detailed case studies including Christian lifestyle creators and their influence on women; affective masculinity in video games; the normalization of misogyny within the manosphere; and how Afghan women's rights activists use digital technologies for community building. The Handbook ultimately advocates for greater critical engagement and activism regarding the role of digital media in shaping perceptions of gender and power. Students and scholars of family and gender, media studies, digital sociology and communication will greatly benefit from this expansive Handbook. It is also a crucial resource for activists involved in digital advocacy and feminist movements, as well as practitioners, professionals and policymakers in technology, media and digital industries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Navigating gender, media and power in a digitally connected world / Dustin Harp, Ingrid Bachmann and Jaime Loke

Part I: Gender, power, and participation in digital media spaces

2. Gender and politics go digital: Interrogating politicians' social media behaviour across four election campaigns / Karen Ross, Susan Fountaine and Margie Comrie

3. Thank you for sharing: Gendered digital consumption of digital news / Natalia Aruguete, Ernesto Calvo and Carolina Verena Franco

4. Technological innovation in journalism: A reading against the grain / Sara De Vuyst

5. Youtube couple influencers: The reimagination of coupledom in contemporary South Africa / Priscilla Boshoff and Jeanne Prinsloo

6. I choose you: Reading and transcending women's condition in games of women, by women, for women / Abby Youran Qin

7. Health literacy and health equity: Community and digital opportunities for improved LGBTQ+ health / Teresa Wagner

8. Christian lifestyle creators and their influence on single women, newlyweds, and new mothers / K. Macy Burkett

9. Amplifying queerness and queer coming out experiences in fan communities through tiktok / Janey Umback and Amy Shields Dobson

Part II: Theories, methods, and interventions for transformative change

10. Online silencing: Women and the political economy of digital communication / Carolyn M. Byerly

11. How do you feel about it? An exploration of the importance of emotions and feelings in the study of gendered digital media / Sofie Van Bauwel

12. Masc affect: Affective masculinity in video games research / Joshua Foust

13. Gendered affordances in political participation on social media / Karen Gheza

14. Gender and digital publics: Utilizing the three-level model of the public sphere in social movement research / Ricarda Drüeke and Elisabeth Klaus

15. "it is nice, you learn to be supportive": Digital technologies, community organizing and the ethics of care among women leaders of disadvantaged communities / Teresa Correa, Isabel Pavez and Catalina Farías

16. Proposing a code of ethics for the metaverse / Don Heider and Dustin Harp

17. Reaching women of color through digital media for health research: Opportunity, challenges, and lessons learned / Hannah A. Affleck, Grace Ellen Brannon, Arian Goudar, Kyrah K. Brown and Yue Liao

Part III: Digital technologies, online threats, misogyny and surveillance

18. Digital media and emerging tactics of gendered harassment / Ingrid Bachmann, Dustin Harp and Jaime Loke

19. Abused and silenced: How free speech and online platforms fail women / Kyla Garrett Wagner and Caitlin Ring Carlson

20. "i wanna push you around. And i will, and i will." mainstreaming misogyny in the manosphere / Penelope Ingram

21. Invisible boundaries: How masculine spaces enable the misuse of women's intimacy / Jaime Loke, Dustin Harp and Ingrid Bachmann

22. Reclaiming the personal: Feminist politics of digital privacy beyond encryption / Zelly Martin and Dominique A. Montiel Valle

23. Algorithms and gender in digital media / Benita Dederichs and Micky Lee

24. Gender in the machine: Examining gender dynamics in sex robots, chatbots, and AI assistants / Gabriela Arriagada-Bruneau and Nicole Larrondo

Part IV. Resistance, activism, spaces for community digital opportunities

25. Uncovering butchness: How the butch lesbian subreddit on reddit helped me understand myself / Gina M. Masullo

26. Entrepreneurial opportunities: Understanding the emergence of genderfocused news sites in Latin America / Summer Harlow

27. The use of information and communication technologies to promote human rights among forced migrant women: An afghan activist experience / Jaclyn Kirsch, Roshan Mashal, Dustin Harp and Hanna Haran

28. Intersectional trans athlete media narratives: The role of digital media in (re)defining the stories of trans athletes / Andrew C. Billings, Jaymes Van Gyn and Leigh Moscowitz

29. Patriarchy, traditionalism, the new gender "backlash", and feminist digital activism in the balkans / Natasha Dimitrovska

30. Digital spaces, women's untold stories and how marginality become tools of resistance: The case of zimbabwe / Sibongile Mpofu

31. Celebrities and influencers facing crisis: Navigating the intersections of social media, brand management, and crisis communication / Mildred "Mimi" Perreault.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035313570 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.