@article{ref1,
title="Online abuse of feminists as an emerging form of violence against women and girls",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2017",
author="Lewis, Ruth and Rowe, Michael and Wiper, Clare",
volume="57",
number="6",
pages="1462-1481",
abstract="Abuse directed at visible and audible women demonstrates that cyberspace, once heralded as a new, democratic, public sphere, suffers similar gender inequalities as the offline world. This paper reports findings from a national UK study about experiences of online abuse among women who debate feminist politics. It argues that online abuse is most usefully conceived as a form of abuse or violence against women and girls, rather than as a form of communication. It examines the experiences of those receiving online abuse, thereby making a valuable contribution to existing research which tends to focus on analysis of the communications themselves.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azw073",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azw073"
}