Table des matières
Jane Bailey et Valerie Steeves
Introduction: Cyber-Utopia? Getting Beyond the Binary Notion of Technology as Good or Bad for GirlsPart I: It’s Not That Simple: Complicating Girls’ Experiences on Social Media
Jane Bailey
Chapter I. A Perfect Storm: How the Online Environment, Social Norms, and Law Shape Girls’ Lives- Introduction
- Methodology
- Our Findings
- What Policymakers Should Know about Being a Girl Online
- It Isn’t all Bad
- Adults Are Sending Mixed Messages
- Give Girls a Break as They Navigate This Complex Environment
- Life on a Powder Keg: Fear of the “Big Fuse” and Reputational Ruin
- “Cyberbullying” Is Rooted in Homophobia and (possibly) Sexism
- Girls Are Targeted More Often than Boys and in Different Ways
- A Perfect Storm
- Architectures That Incent Disclosure
- Social Norms That Invite Stereotypical Performances of Femininity and Sexuality
- Technical Architectures Can Facilitate Conflict
- Technical Architectures Can Complicate Self-Help Privacy Strategies
- In the Face of This Perfect Storm, What Should Policymakers Do?
- Surveillance Is a Problem, Not a Solution
- Regulate Platform Providers to Improve Our Privacy
- Platform Providers Should Make It Easier to Remove “Cyberbullying”
- Provide Support for Targets of “Cyberbullying”
- Address Problematic Underlying Social Norms, Not Just the Symptoms
- Discussion
- Gaps in Knowledge
- Unexplored Approaches
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
Trevor Scott Milford
Chapter II. Revisiting Cyberfeminism: Theory as a Tool for Understanding Young Women’s Experiences- Introduction: Troubling Binary Thinking
- Online vs. Offline: Complicating Feminist Critique and the Virtual Divide
- Agency vs. Vulnerability: Liberation, Constraint, Risk, and Self-Disclosure
- Authenticity vs. Inauthenticity: Body Image and Consumer-Media Culture
- Legal vs. Extralegal Regulation: Potential Responses to Online Gender Inequalities
- Conclusion: Future Directions for Cyberfeminist Research
Part II: Living in a Gendered Gaze
Assumpta Ndengeyingoma
Chapter IV. The Internet and Friendship Seeking: Exploring the Role of Online Communication in Young, Recently Immigrated Women’s Social Lives- Introduction
- Context
- Methodology
- Participant Characteristics and Selection
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Results
- Neighbourhood Context within the Experience of Friendship Seeking
- Sociocultural Context within the Experience of Friendship Seeking
- Family Context within the Experience of Friendship Seeking
- Conclusion
Jacquelyn Burkell et Madelaine Saginur
Chapter V. “She’s Just a Small Town Girl, Living in an Online World”: Differences and Similarities between Urban and Rural Girls’ Use of and Views about Online Social NetworkingPriscilla M. Regan et Diana L. Sweet
Chapter VII. Girls and Online Drama: Aggression, Surveillance, or Entertainment?Jessica Ringrose et Laura Harvey
Chapter VIII. BBM Is Like Match.com: Social Networking and the Digital Mediation of Teens’ Sexual CulturesPart III: Dealing with Sexualized Violence
Jordan Fairbairn
Chapter IX. Rape Threats and Revenge Porn: Defining Sexual Violence in the Digital AgeAndrea Slane
Chapter X. Motion to Dismiss: Bias Crime, Online Communication, and the Sex Lives of Others in NJ v. Ravi- Analysis of the Motion Documents and Online Communications Evidence
- Peer Data Mining, Judgmental Commentary, and Online Self-Presentation
- Different Homophobias and Their Role in Heterosexual Male Self-Presentation
- Gay Youth Making Light of Homophobia
- Peer Surveillance and Social News Broadcasting
- Gaining Social Status via Creating Social Buzz
- Feeling Violated vs. Feeling Intimidated
- Conclusion
Shaheen Shariff et Ashley DeMartini
Chapter XI. Defining the Legal Lines: eGirls and Intimate Images- Introduction
- Backlash Against Influential Women Online
- Situating the Gendered Dimensions of Sexting within the Context of Slut Shaming and Rape Culture
- Slut Shaming and Sexualized Sterotyping in Media
- Rape Culture: Gang Rapes, “Up for It,” and “Asking for It” on Social Media
- Define the Line: DTL Research
- Methodology
- Slut Shaming and “Asking for It”
- A Reactive Legal Approach
- Canada’s Controversial Cyberbullying Legislation: Bill C-13
- 1. The Non-Consensual Provisions will do little to undermine the rape culture and slut shaming that inform non-consensual distribution of intimate images among youth
- 2. C-13 does nothing to support youth in defining the line between joking and harmful behaviour
- 3. Policy should proactively address rape culture and misogyny, not just its symptoms
- 4. Engage youth in policy development
- Conclusion
Gillian Angrove
Chapter XII. “She’s Such a Slut!”: The Sexualized Cyberbullying of Teen Girls and the Education Law Response- Introduction
- Sexualized Cyberbullying and the Canadian Context
- Applying a Substantive Equality Lens to Education Law
- Defining the Terms: Cyberbullying and Sexualized Cyberbullying
- The Scope of the Problem
- The Effects of Sexualized Cyberbullying on Teen Girls
- The Role of Education Law and Its Application in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia
- Education Law as a Response to Sexualized Cyberbullying
- Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Cyberbullying in British Columbia Education Law
- Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Cyberbullying in Ontario Education Law
- Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Cyberbullying in Nova Scotia Education Law
- Effective Implementation of Education Law and the “Unofficial” Codes of Conduct
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
Part IV: eGirls, eCitizens
Matthew Johnson
Chapter XIII. Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship: Approaches to Girls’ Online ExperiencesBetsy Rosenblatt et Rebecca Tushnet
Chapter XV. Transformative Works: Young Women’s Voices on Fandom and Fair UseLeslie Regan Shade
Chapter XVI. I Want My Internet! Young Women on the Politics of Usage-Based BillingJane Bailey et Valerie Steeves
Conclusion: Looking Forward
