Women and virtual citizenship? : gendered experiences of censorship and surveillance
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2012
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IT for Change, Bengaluru, IN
Abstract
The study looks at gendered experiences of communication “rights” on the Internet with regard to how citizenship as a gendered phenomenon has been struggled over, reframed and reconsolidated during recent times in different countries. It focuses on gender politics that inform the field of censorship and surveillance in the Information Society.
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CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INFORMATION SOCIETY, FEMINISM, CITIZENSHIP, WEB 2.0, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INTERSECTIONALITY, SURVEILLANCE, DIGITAL DIVIDE, INTERNET, GENDER ROLES, DIGITAL INCLUSION, MASS MEDIA, CENSORSHIP, PORNOGRAPHY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, GLOBAL