Taking into consideration the emergence of the Internet and new computer technologies and their capacity of creating social alternative spaces, this paper aims at examining how and if the phenomenon of violence against women is extended from the offline into the online world. The authors applied descriptive qualitative content analysis to users’ comments to online articles depicting the new legislative changes in the field of domestic violence in order to examine how online users negotiate gender, gendered positions and issues in genderless environments. The two types of discourses advanced by users with regard to violence against women highlight that gender discrimination has now a new means of manifestation, namely through online platforms.
Maria STOLERU [1]
Elena-Alis COSTESCU [2]
[1] This work was supported with the financial support of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund, under the project number POSDRU/107/1.5/S/76841 with the title „Modern Doctoral Studies: Internationalization and Interdisciplinarity”.
[2] This work was supported with the financial support of the Sectoral Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund, under the project number POSDRU/107/1.5/S/77946 with the title „Doctorate: an Attractive Research Career”.
