#firstharassment: When the TV screen is just the first step

Authors

  • Sandra Depexe Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM.
  • Gabriela Gelain Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS.
  • Luiza Corrêa Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2017.192.12

Abstract

From the prerogative that the studies of reception and consumption must always consider the communication process as a relation, we’ve prioritized this paper to investigate Twitter’s uses and appropriations and current directions in the #primeiroassedio hashtag. Fomented by a collective, to bring attention to the harassment culture, especially the pedophile culture, through reports of the first harassment suffered by women after the public case involving a 12-year girl participant of a popular Brazilian reality show was disclosed. The case shows how the circulation of comments on the television programming in digital social networks can encourage debate and provide visibility to social issues, such as the harassment culture.

Keywords: Twitter, circulation, harassment culture.

Author Biographies

Sandra Depexe, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM.

Doutora em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM. Docente do Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação da UFSM e vice-líder do grupo de pesquisa Usos Sociais da Mídia (UFSM\CNPq).

Gabriela Gelain, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS.

Mestra em Comunicação pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS. Integrante do grupo de pesquisa CultPop e faz parte da equipe executiva da KISMIF Conference em Portugal.

Luiza Corrêa, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM.

Mestranda em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM. Bolsista CAPES.

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Published

2017-04-18

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2017): may/august

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