Siddiqua, Ayesha and Gong, Jiakun and Aksar, Iffat Ali (2023) Twitter trolling of Pakistani female journalists: A patriarchal society glance. Media, Culture & Society, 45 (6). pp. 1303-1314. ISSN 0163-4437, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231168306.
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The incorporation of new media technology into journalistic practices led to online harassment, particularly of female journalists. The researchers investigated the tweets of four prominent Pakistani female journalists through the lens of post-colonial feminism and symbolic violence. The qualitative analysis of 239 tweets revealed themes that corroborated the dominance of sociocultural and political grounds in undermining the status of women and making them susceptible to online harassment. In culturally traditional communities, the position of women is ``gender specific,'' and socioeconomic status cannot guarantee women's safety from cultural behaviors. The harassment themes included ``you called for it,'' adhering to the limits of a male-dominated society, women's card, threats, ``lifafa,'' shamelessness, religious policing, moral policing, and pseudo-intellectual labeling. The study recommends expanding research in sociopolitical, religious, and cultural contexts to comprehend symbolic violence, particularly in relation to women.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pakistani female journalists; social media harassment; symbolic violence; trolling; Twitter |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > Communication. Mass media |
| Divisions: | Universiti Malaya |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2025 02:16 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2025 02:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/50816 |
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