“It's Like She's Eager to be Verbally Abused”: Twitter, Trolls, and (En)Gendering Disciplinary Rhetoric

By Kirsti K. Cole. 2015

131 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy

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Citations in the corpus

• Sporting Women and Social Media: Sexualization, Misogyny, and Gender-Based Violence in Online Spaces (2019, background): “For example, she states how the unambiguously violent and threatening comment “You should be raped!” will often be followed by “LOL,” a laughing emoticon, or a joke (Cole, 2015, p.357).”
• “Not Their Fault, but Their Problem”: Organizational Responses to the Online Harassment of Journalists (2021, background): “In these spaces, they are verbally attacked, marginalized, criticized, and even threatened based on their gender and perceived sexuality, which affects their routines and personal lives in ways that often have long-term impacts (Chen et al. 2020; see also Cole 2015; Kundu and Bhuiyan 2021).”