A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sexual Violence Survivors and Censorship on the Social Media Platform TikTok.
Algospeak
Censorship
Critical discourse analysis
Sexual violence
Social media
TikTok
Journal
Archives of sexual behavior
ISSN: 1573-2800
Titre abrégé: Arch Sex Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1273516
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 Sep 2024
24 Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
29
04
2024
accepted:
15
08
2024
revised:
13
08
2024
medline:
25
9
2024
pubmed:
25
9
2024
entrez:
24
9
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Sexual violence is a public health threat in the USA and past research has found that survivors who seek support and disclose their experiences tend to have greater positive outcomes, such as positive life changes, reduced post-traumatic stress disorder, and fewer depressive symptoms. While social media have become an important site of disclosure, over-moderation of sex and sexuality on social media platforms due to the passing of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act may inadvertently lead to the removal of survivors' posts and hinder their ability to build communities of support. In line with critical discourse analysis, this study examined the discursive strategies utilized in online disclosures made by sexual violence survivors on the social media platform TikTok to determine if they make use of algospeak, a neologism referring to the strategy of misspelling words or using coded language to avoid detection and deletion by site moderators. Analysis of the data indicated that sexual violence survivors do make use of algospeak, as well as direct and indirect language, to share their disclosures, and that, while TikTok claims to provide space for survivors' stories, its guidelines and approach to language about sex and sexuality may create barriers to building supportive communities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39317917
doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02987-2
pii: 10.1007/s10508-024-02987-2
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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