[Air-l] virtual rape?

[Amanda Lenhart]

Kathy,

I wrote a short paper recently on the concept of virtual harm, using virtual rape as the case study.

Here are some of the most relevant sources I used:

Herring, Susan C. (2002) Cyber Violence: Recognizing and Resisting Abuse in Online Environments. Asian Women, vol. 14 (Summer) pp. 187-212

Huff, Chuck, Johnson, Deborah G., and Miller, Keith (2003). ‘Virtual Harms and Real Responsibility: A Rape in Cyberspace,” [WWW Resource] accessed from http://www.njcc.com/~techsoc/huff.html 

Mackinnon, Richard, (1997) “Virtual Rape,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, [Online] vol 2. no. 4. March, 1997 accessed from http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol2/issue4/mackinnon.html 

And two readings from N. Katherine Hayles that aren't exclusively about virtual rape, but do speak compellingly about the virtual body:

Hayles, N. Katherine. (1996) “Boundary Disputes: Homeostasis, Reflexivity and the Foundations of Cybernetics,” in Robert Markley (ed.) Virtual Realities and Their Discontents. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 11-37.

Hayles, N. Katherine. (1999) “The Condition of Virtuality,” in Peter Lunenfeld, (ed.) The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp 68-94.

I hope this is helpful.

Best,

Amanda 


Amanda Lenhart
Georgetown University
MA Candidate, Communications Culture and Technology
and
Pew Internet & American Life Project



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Subject: [Air-l] virtual rape?
 
AoIRers,

Who writes about virtual rape and sexual harassment other than Julian
Dibbell (or people arguing online about the mr bungle case who get
their facts from dibbell)?

Thanks,
Kathy Mancuso
University of South Carolina
Department of Anthropology

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