The Rhetorical Dynamics of Gender Harassment On-Line.

Herring, Susan C.

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ERIC Number: EJ599669

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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The Rhetorical Dynamics of Gender Harassment On-Line.

Herring, Susan C.

Information Society, v15 n3 p151-67 Jul-Sep 1999

Compares two extended interactions that took place on the Internet, one from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel and the other from an academic listserv discussion group. Discusses the gender dynamics which are characterized as harassment of female by male participants and presents a rhetorical analysis. (Contains 64 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Gender Issues, Internet, Listservs, Rhetoric, Sexual Harassment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: The Rhetorics of Gender in Computer-Mediated Communication.