Publicising privacy, weaponising publicity : the dialectic of online abuse on social media

Michael Salter

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97607-5_2

Publicising privacy, weaponising publicity : the dialectic of online abuse on social media

Michael Salter

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Salter uses dialectical theory to examine the contradictions between online ‘publics’ and privacy. The chapter argues that online abuse and harassment are products of the evident tension between the encouragement of online intimacy by social media platforms on one hand, and the commodification and exploitation of user data on the other. In patterns of online abuse and harassment, private life becomes ‘public’ in unwanted ways via technology that is designed for instantaneous circulation and exposure. A dialectic analysis suggests that the availability of social media for misogynist abuse is no coincidence, and demonstrates how technology reproduces social and material inequalities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media
Editors	Amy Shields Dobson, Brady Robards, Nicholas Carah
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	29-43
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319976075
ISBN (Print)	9783319976068
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97607-5_2
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

cyberbullying
harassment
social media

UN SDGs

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Publicising privacy, weaponising publicity : the dialectic of online abuse on social media

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