Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dey, Aja (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2018]
Series:Digital activism and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Story of Nirbhaya: The Fearless One
  • ch. 1 Cyberconflict Framework and Conceptual Considerations
  • Social Movements and ICTs
  • Social Movement Theory
  • Mobilisation Structure
  • Political Opportunity Structures
  • Framing Process
  • Media Framework: Media, ICTs and Social Movements
  • Gender, ICTs and Social Movements
  • Gendered Cyberconflict Framework
  • Women and ICTs
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 2 Brief History of the Indian Women's Movement and Tracing Out the Sociopolitical and Media Environment
  • IWM: Historical Context and Sociopolitical Landscape
  • Pre-independence versus Post-independence Feminism
  • Sociopolitical Movements in the 1970s and Rise of Women's Organisations
  • Anti-rape and Anti-dowry Movement
  • Personal Law and Communal Identities
  • Sexual Harassment Law
  • ICTs and Social Media: The Start of a New Phase in IWM
  • Mainstream Media and Information and Communication Technologies in India
  • Digital Divide, Gender and ICTs
  • Censorship
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 3 Analysing the Nirbhaya Case through the Lens of the Social-movement Framework
  • Nirbhaya Protests: Mobilisation Structure and Collective Action
  • Political Opportunity Structure
  • Framing Process
  • Government Action and Change in Law
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 4 Nirbhaya and Beyond
  • - Role of Social Media and ICTs in Gender Activism in India
  • Use of Media and ICTs in the Nirbhaya Protests
  • Personalisation of Sexual Violence
  • Continuation of the Movement and Participation of the Indian Diaspora in the Gender Movement in India
  • Changes in Gender Activism in India
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 5 Nirbhaya Case
  • - An Intersectional Analysis
  • Intersectionality in the Indian Context
  • Analysing the Nirbhaya Case: An Intersectional Approach
  • Digital Intersectionality
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 6 Conclusion: The Beginning of the New Phase in the Indian Women's Movement
  • Key Findings
  • Further Research.