Exploring rape culture in social media forums

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Highlights:

• Examined comment threads in periodical articles.

• Explored presence of rape culture within 4239 comments.

• Study found that the most prominent theme to be “victim blaming”.

• More victim blaming was found when the accused perpetrators were in pop culture.

• More perpetrator support was found when accused assailants were in pop culture.

摘要

•Examined comment threads in periodical articles.•Explored presence of rape culture within 4239 comments.•Study found that the most prominent theme to be “victim blaming”.•More victim blaming was found when the accused perpetrators were in pop culture.•More perpetrator support was found when accused assailants were in pop culture.

论文关键词:Gender,Social media,Discrimination,Rape,Culture,Sexual assault

论文评审过程:Received 4 March 2016, Revised 14 June 2016, Accepted 16 June 2016, Available online 23 June 2016, Version of Record 23 June 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.036