Doxxing, Privacy and Gendered Harassment. The Shock and Normalization of Veillance Cultures

Stine Eckert; Jade Metzger-Riftkin

doi:10.5771/1615-634X-2020-3-273

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- 211–238 Technik – Medien – Geschlecht revisited. Gender im Kontext von Datafizierung, Algorithmen und digitalen Medientechnologien – eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme Corinna Peil, Kathrin Friederike Müller, Ricarda Drüeke, Stephan Niemand, Raik Roth Corinna Peil, Kathrin Friederike Müller, Ricarda Drüeke, Stephan Niemand, Raik Roth 211–238
- 239–254 Ermächtigung und Ungleichheit. Zum Verhältnis von Medientechnologie und Geschlecht in digitalen Gesellschaften Sigrid Kannengießer Sigrid Kannengießer 239–254
- 255–272 Wer ist #MeToo? Eine netzwerkanalytische Untersuchung (anti-)feministischen Protests auf Twitter Franziska Martini Franziska Martini 255–272
- 273–287 Doxxing, Privacy and Gendered Harassment. The Shock and Normalization of Veillance Cultures Stine Eckert, Jade Metzger-Riftkin Stine Eckert, Jade Metzger-Riftkin 273–287
- 288–303 „Ganz schön sozial-medial erschöpft…“. Eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse der Berichterstattung über digitalen Stress und immanente Genderbezüge Susanne Kinnebrock, Cordula Nitsch Susanne Kinnebrock, Cordula Nitsch 288–303
- 304–317 Domesticating the “Smarter Than You” Home. Gendered Agency Scripts Embedded in Smart Home Discourses Deborah Chambers Deborah Chambers 304–317
- 318–328 Literatur - Besprechungen 318–328
- 329–348 Zeitschriftenlese 329–348
- 349–350 Literaturverzeichnis 349–350
- 351–353 English Abstracts 351–353
- 354–355 Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Heftes 354–355
- 356–357 Hinweise für Autorinnen und Autoren 356–357
- 357–358 Impressum 357–358
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Doxxing, Privacy and Gendered Harassment. The Shock and Normalization of Veillance Cultures

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Stine Eckert Jade Metzger-Riftkin

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2020-3-273
- ISSN: 1615-634X
- ISSN online: 2942-3317
Abstract

We conducted 15 in-depth interviews with women and men in Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, and the United States who were victims of doxxing. The goal was to understand their experiences, their responses, and the consequences they faced. We understand doxxing as a complex, gendered communicative process of harassment. Doxxers use digital media technologies to expose personal information without consent given by those to whom the personal information belongs. We apply a feminist approach to surveillance studies to doxxing, focusing on the constructions of daily, habitual, and ubiquitous assemblages of veillances that disproportionately impact vulnerable individuals. We found that gendered aspects shaped the flow and suspected intent of doxxing and subsequent harassment. Victims experienced uncertainty, loss of control, and fear, while law enforcement and social media providers only helped in a few cases to pursue doxxers or remove unwanted personal information. We ultimately extend the definition of doxxing by considering the ubiquitous nature of information shared online in gendered veillance cultures. Our findings lead us to advocate for protecting the contextual integrity of entering personal information into expected, intentional, or desired spaces.
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