Feminist Theories of Digital Communication Flashcards
Women use social media slightly ___ than men
‘more’
Pinterest and Instagram users are over __ women
70%
Only __ of contributions to Wikipedia are women
13%
Only __ women made Britain’s top 100 influential Twitter users in 2013
17
Women still represent under a __ of IT managers
fifth
What does Haraway argue?
Feminists must not be excluded from the technological advances that were taking place and instead, be part of them and inform them
What does Haraway’s manifesto say?
What is considered to be female is socially constructed
She suggests that cyborgs, which are part-machine, part-human entities, might allow people to rise above gender-bound ideas of what it means to be a person
What did the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in 2012-13 report?
790 children were subject to safeguarding or protection as a result of online activity
How many reports related to child sexual exploitation?
18,887
How many people suspected of online child exploitation were arrested?
192
What is now seen as less serious?
Sexualised violent imagery
What is a new form of social control over women?
Viewing violence against women, such as exposing pictures of their ex-partners naked (revenge porn) provides a new form of social control over women, which reflects patriarchy
Few men are ever detected, found responsible or prosecuted
