Digital media and domestic violence in Australia: essential contexts

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Dragiewicz, Molly
Harris, Bridget
Woodlock, Delanie
Salter, Michael
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2021
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Domestic violence is a pervasive social problem in Australia. Digital media are increasingly integral to its dynamics. Technology-facilitated coercive control (TFCC) is a form of gender-based violence. This article examines domestic violence survivors’ experiences with TFCC, drawing on interviews with 20 Australian women. Study results enhance understanding of how abusers use digital media. We highlight four key contexts for understanding the role of technology in domestic violence: the coercive and controlling relationship, separation abuse, co-parenting and survivors’ safety work. These contexts provide insight into the dynamics of TFCC and illuminate key differences between this and other forms of online abuse.

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Journal of Gender-Based Violence
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© 2021 The Policy Press. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Digital media and domestic violence in Australia: essential contexts, Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2021 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16153782923978
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Criminology
Communication and media studies
Communication studies
Communication technology and digital media studies
Cultural studies
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Dragiewicz, M; Harris, B; Woodlock, D; Salter, M, Digital media and domestic violence in Australia: essential contexts, Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2021
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