Violence against women: the gang rape case in the digital public sphere

Maradei, Anelisa; Santos, Marli dos

doi:10.1590/1809-5844201729

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Articles • Intercom, Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Comun. 40 (2) • May-Aug 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-5844201729 copy

Violence against women: the gang rape case in the digital public sphere

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Abstract

This article aims to identify the social actors and the content of the demonstrations on Twitter about the gang rape occurred with a Brazilian teenager in 2016. We collected 200 tweets between May 25 and 28, 2016, according to the participation after the fact and at the time of highest views in this social network. Through the content analysis of tweets and retweets, we found a majority trend against gender discrimination in the sample studied. There were some opinions that relativized the crime, which indicates a sexist view on the matter by some social actors. The demonstrations are generally independent, although there is the presence of women’s groups and opinion makers. Most of recirculated contents on Twitter was produced by mainstream news media.

Keywords
Digital Public Sphere; Gender; Social Actors; Twitter; Rape

May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28
26 retweets	14 retweets	12 retweets	24 retweets

Posts approach	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	Total
Commentaries	4	4	5	21	34
Criticisms	20	19	9	11	59
News	19	20	34	9	82
Sadness	3	3	1	0	7
Awareness/Solidarity	3	2	0	0	5
Satire	0	2	1	3	6
Survey	0	0	0	6	6
Others (parallel matter)	1	0	0	0	1
Total	50	50	50	50	200

Date	Posts with Criticism	Against rape ^* * Against the culture of rape or against violence against adolescents and children.	In favor of rape ^ In favor of rape culture or in favor of suspects.	Others ^* ***** Subjects not related to the matter of fact, although they are critical and bring the word rape.
May 25	20	17	3	0
May 26	19	19	0	0
May 27	9	8	1	0
May 28	11	8	1	2
Total	59 posts	52 posts	5 posts	2 posts

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[1] Anelisa Maradei

Doctorate student in Communication Sciences from the Methodist University of São Paulo, holds a Capes Scholarship for a interuniversity exchange at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal (2017). Master in Communication Sciences from the Methodist University of São Paulo (2013), MBA in Communication Management by the School of Communication and Arts (ECA) of the University of São Paulo (2006) and in Social Communication by the School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM) (2000). Anelisa holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Mackenzie University (1990) and Journalism by Methodist University of São Paulo (1988). She is the author of several publications in books and academic journals, such as: Folha de São Paulo and the coverage of the MPL (Free Pass Movement) protests (co-authoring, 2016); Communication and Democracy: 50 years of the military coup of 1964 (co-authoring, 2015); Repercussion of Organizational Crises in Twitter: the Playcenter case (co-authoring, 2015); The presence of brands on Twitter during 2014’s World Cup (co-authoring, 2014). Member of the Research Groups New Journalism Practices and Criticom: Business Communication in Brazil, a Critical reading. Email: ane@amaradei.com.br.