Social Media and Sexual Assault: The Impact of Rape Myths on Constructions of Sexual Assault on Twitter

In the fall of 2014, Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC’s Q, was accused of sexual assault and harassment by a number of women. The women who came forward were criticized for the delay in reporting the incidents. As a response, two female Canadian journalists started the hashtag #beenrapedneverreported as a...

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Main Author: Willows, Erika
Other Authors: Steeves, Valerie
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38613
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22865