#mencallmethings: identity and difference online
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BCM112 lecture by Dr Tanja DreherTRANSCRIPT
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Women online 1997 (Spender 1997)
‘GIRLS NEED MODEMS’ ‘A virtual reality, in
which communication, relationships, community and cooperation are fostered, has to be seen to provide opportunities for women’s talents’
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Women online 1997 (Spender 1997)
‘GIRLS NEED MODEMS’
Women under-represented in computer science training
Lack of women in decision-making capacities
Harassment and abuse, flaming
Risk assessment Macho culture
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Women online 2012
High School education in the 21st century
BCM112 : blogging, tweeting, publishing and interacting
Social media
Computer Science @ UOW?
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Gender gap?
Feminism online?
Misogyny?
Technological determinism?
Gender online
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Women are from Pinterest, Men are from Dartituphttp://thediagonal.com/2012/04/16/the-gender-gap-online/
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Gender Gap: Wikipediahttp://news.discovery.com/tech/is-there-a-gender-gap-online.html
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Who are the most influential people online?
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The 50 Most Important People on the Webhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/129301/the_50_most_important_people_on_the_web.html
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The 50 Most Important People on the Webhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/129301/the_50_most_important_people_on_the_web.html
1 in 10 are women
First woman listed is #9, Marissa Meyer
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The Top 10 Most Influential People Online
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-03-04/tech/29996072_1_larry-page-mark-zuckerberg-apple-products
Business Insider: 1 Woman in the Top Ten (#5 Ariana Huffington of HuffingtonPost.com)
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Debating misogyny online
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‘the hatred of women’‘a great dislike of women’
Misogyny:
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#mencallmethings
Twitter hashtag and online conversation beginning November 2011
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#mencallmethings
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#mencallmethings
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3659712
htmlhttp://meanjin.com.au/blog/post/men-call-me-things/
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/trollattack-campaign-goes-viral-20111108-1n4j4.html
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Internet Misogyny, Trolls and Gendered Comment Abuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=g8rr5Tq6MBA
By ThosePeskyDames http://www.youtube.com/user/
ThosePeskyDames
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‘Poisoning the well of our discourse?’
In the online edition of Melbourne-based publication King's Tribune last month, editors Jane and Justin Shaw came to a radical decision. They resolved - after a few months of earnest consideration was capped by one post of anonymous, misogynist bilge too many - to turn comments on their website ''off'’.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/who-are-these-haters-that-poison-the-well-of-our-discourse-20120411-1ws5c.html
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What Is 'Trolling'?
Answer: Internet 'trolling' is the anti-social act of causing of interpersonal conflict and shock-value controversy online.
Named for the wicked troll creatures of children's tales, trolling is purposely sowing hatred, bigotry, racism, misogyny, or just simple bickering between others. Trolls themselves are emotionally-immature users who thrive in any environment where they are allowed to make public comments, like blog sites, news sites, discussion forums, and game chat.
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/netiquetteonlineculture/f/What-Is-Trolling.htm
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Trolling
Anonymity Open forums and comments Chilling effect? Polarising debates? Extremes rather than middle ground?
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Poisoning our discourse? (Stafford 2012)
More and more bloggers disabling comments
‘a minority is having a disproportionate influence on both the tone and direction of the print and electronic media’
‘Mostly, [anonymity] just allows people to indulge their worst tendencies, not only towards individuals but entire social groups’
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Sexual violence online
Facebook bans pro-rape pages, kicking and screaming http://gawker.com/5858000/
facebook-removes-pro+rape-pages-kicking-and-screaming
‘It took Change.org two months, 186K signatures and a furious Twitter campaign to get pro-rape pages removed from Facebook.’ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/
violetblue/facebook-finally-removes-its-pro-rape-pages/788
Compared to: Attempts to ban
images of breastfeeding on facebook
Debate on banning the cover of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ on facebook
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Hate mail is not just for women …
‘pro-feminist’ men Eg. Dr Michael Flood UOW Sociology Receives hate mail and threats of
violence for his criticism of some men’s groups
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Gender and Media
These issues are not only online …
Kyle Sandilands’ ‘fat slag’ remarks http://www.abc.net.au/news/
2012-03-27/sandilands-ruling-released/3914886?section=entertainment
2JJJ first ever ‘Hottest 100 of all time’ http://
hoydenabouttown.com/20090630.5557/alternative-youth-music-station-thinks-theres-no-alternative-to-being-a-bloke/
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Community regulation / self-regulation
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Stafford (2012)
‘genuine transparency of identity, a much tougher line on personal abuse and a greater weighting towards comments that actually expand discussion’
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Community regulation / self-regulation
Balancing robust debate with respect and responsibility
Impasse on regulation and proactive interventions
What will you contribute?
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RECAP: Women online 1997 (Spender 1997)
‘GIRLS NEED MODEMS’
Women under-represented in computer science training
Lack of women in decision-making capacities
Harassment and abuse, flaming
Risk assessment Macho culture
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The feminist blogosphere
Settle Petal http://settlepetal.org.au/
Clementine Ford http://clementineford.tumblr.com/
Nina Funnell http://www.mamamia.com.au/author/nina-
funnell-2-2-2-2/ Those Pesky Dames
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThosePeskyDames Shakesville
http://www.shakesville.com/