APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

The Harassment of Women Online

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session

Session: Poster Session XV

Authors

Abstract

Rates of cyber harassment are on the rise. Pew Research Center has found that women are harassed differently than men, such that they are more likely to receive gendered harassment (Duggan, 2014). In this poster, we highlight that without simultaneous policy implementation, increased media coverage alone has normalized these threats.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles