New research shows being a woman or part of a minority as a journalist can increase the likelihood of being targeted with online abuse. The waves of abuse can influence who and what gets covered.
Articles on Abuse against women
Displaying all articles
A recent government roundtable proposed stricter profile verification conditions as a response to safety concerns on dating apps. But research suggests users want something else.
Accountability for the violence and abuse that people with disability experience begins with recording the offences. In fact, we have long ignored crimes against vulnerable members of our community.
Technology violence is a term that encompasses all types of harassment and abuse that occurs online and serves to control or intimidate women in particular.
The latest European survey on violence towards women did the usual rounds with the same old figures when it was released earlier in the month. One in three women have experienced abuse in their lifetime…
Top contributors
-
Research assistant, University of Southern Queensland
-
Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
-
Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
-
Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University
-
Senior Lecturer in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy), University of the Sunshine Coast
-
PhD Candidate, ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University
-
Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Associate Professor of Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University