Crowdsourcing the Law
Trying Sexual Assault on Social Media
Seiten
2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5096-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5096-3 (ISBN)
Crowdsourcing the Law engages in-depth qualitative analysis of online discussions of contemporary sexual assault cases to explore how law is interpreted and applied by everyday participants on social media.
While the general public may feel uncomfortable discussing sexual assault and violence with neighbors or coworkers, the popularity of Twitter, Snapchat, and a host of other social media platforms suggests that we are not shy about expressing our opinions online. Debates that just a few years ago would have taken place in real life have been relocated online; allowing eager commenters to share their thoughts on guilt or innocence with legions of virtual strangers. Crowdsourcing the Law explores how everyday participants interpret and apply law in the influential online court of public opinion. Engaging a multidisciplinary, case study approach, the book analyzes social media comments about public figures such as Bill Cosby, Brock Turner, and Harvey Weinstein to address ambitious questions like: How are rape myths being challenged, reinforced, and reinvented on social media? What is the promise and peril of the #MeToo movement for transforming the law? And can due process be afforded in the face of an increasingly powerful virtual jury?
While the general public may feel uncomfortable discussing sexual assault and violence with neighbors or coworkers, the popularity of Twitter, Snapchat, and a host of other social media platforms suggests that we are not shy about expressing our opinions online. Debates that just a few years ago would have taken place in real life have been relocated online; allowing eager commenters to share their thoughts on guilt or innocence with legions of virtual strangers. Crowdsourcing the Law explores how everyday participants interpret and apply law in the influential online court of public opinion. Engaging a multidisciplinary, case study approach, the book analyzes social media comments about public figures such as Bill Cosby, Brock Turner, and Harvey Weinstein to address ambitious questions like: How are rape myths being challenged, reinforced, and reinvented on social media? What is the promise and peril of the #MeToo movement for transforming the law? And can due process be afforded in the face of an increasingly powerful virtual jury?
Francine Banner is attorney and associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Part I: The Survivors
Chapter 1: The Casting Couch: Commonwealth v. William Henry Cosby, Jr.
Chapter 2: Gold Diggers: Erica Kinsman v. Jameis Winston
Chapter 3: Liars: Phi Kappa Psi v. Rolling Stone, LLC
Part II: The Perpetrators
Chapter 4: Railroaded: State of Mississippi v. Milam and Bryant
Chapter 5: Monsters: People of the State of California v. Brock Allen Turner
Part III: Crowdsourcing the Law
Chapter 6: Reckoning: People v. Weinstein
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.05.2021 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 217 mm |
Gewicht | 408 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-5096-7 / 1498550967 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-5096-3 / 9781498550963 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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