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100	1		_aDey, Adrija, _eauthor. _960561
245	1	0	_aNirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism / _cby Adrija Dey.
264		1	_aBingley, U.K. : _bEmerald Publishing Limited, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aDigital Activism and Society: Politics, Economy and Culture in Network Communication
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-221).
520			_aThis title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female psychotherapy student from New Delhi was raped by six men in a moving bus while making her way home with a male friend. After 13 days spent fighting for her life, Jyoti Singh passed away. Abiding by Indian laws, Joytis actual name was never mentioned by the media and pseudonyms like Nirbhaya (Hindi for fearless) were most commonly used. The brutal attack instantly triggered domestic and global criticism and widespread protests across India over the high levels of violence against Indian women and children, making it one of the biggest gender movements that the country has witnessed. The Nirbhaya case thus became a turning point in the politics of gender justice in India. The Nationwide protests that followed the case also witnessed one of the first and most extensive uses of digital technologies for activism in India having far reaching changes in how gender activism is conducted. Keeping the Nibhaya case at its core, this book explores and attempts to understand experiences and social constructs and investigate the use of digital technologies and social media by civil society actors, activists and organisations specifically for gender activism in India.
588	0		_aPrint version record
650		0	_aInternet and activism _zIndia _zDelhi. _960562
650		0	_aWomen _xCrimes against _zIndia _zDelhi. _960563
650		7	_aLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies. _2bisacsh _959395
650		7	_aCommunication studies. _2bicssc _959396
776			_z9781787545304
830		0	_aDigital activism and society. _957651
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787545298
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