How to Be a Woman Online

Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back

How to Be a Woman Online
Nina Jankowicz
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h216 x 138mm - 128pg
21 Apr 2022 UK
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9781350267572
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When Nina Jankowicz' s first book on online disinformation was profiled in The New Yorker, she expected attention but not an avalanche of abuse and harassment, predominantly from men, online. All women in politics, journalism and academia now face untold levels of harassment and abuse in online spaces. Together with the world' s leading extremism researchers, Jankowicz wrote one of the definitive reports on this troubling phenomenon. Drawing on rigorous research into the treatment of Kamala Harris - the first woman vice-president - and other political and public figures, Nina also uses her own experiences to provide a step-by-step plan for dealing with harassment, abuse, doxing and disinformation in online spaces. The result is a must-read for researchers, journalists and all women with a profile in the online space.
A much-needed exploration of the horrific abuse she experienced and other women regularly receive in online and virtual spaces. . . The lines between disinformation, extremism, and online abuse are far from clear and, hopefully [the] book will spark conversation about behavior online, civility, transparency, and accountability. -- Joshua Huminski * Diplomatic Courier, Books to Watch in 2022 * As any woman who has ever had the temerity to voice an opinion on the internet knows, it is a toxic stew of misogyny, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence. . . In How to Be A Woman Online, Nina Jankowicz has built an essential toolkit which empowers us all to fight back and protect ourselves. We need a better internet, and this book is an important step in getting us there. * Alyssa Milano, Actor, Activist, and Author of ' Sorry Not Sorry' * Nina Jankowicz' s important work highlights the growing problem of abuse directed towards women online. The internet did not invent misogyny, but by amplifying aggressive speech directed at women, it is normalising it amongst the haters and making the experience of the victims worse. When social media is central to work life, as well as leisure time, women who are victims of online abuse find it almost impossible to protect themselves from it, but they shouldn' t have to confront this alone. Nina Jankowicz once more highlights the consequences of the failure of major social media platforms to address the proliferation of abuse against women online. * Damian Collins, MP * With precision and clarity, Nina Jankowicz has created an essential guide to survival for any woman who has the audacity to exist online. . . This book is an important primer not just for existing online as a woman, but it' s a guide to thriving in those spaces, to feeling safe enough to take up room and to have opinions and to be bold in our careers and our lives. This book is part practical guide and part primer in letting you know you are not alone, that your voice and your opinions and your work are worth protecting and that yes, the internet belongs to you too. This book is an instant classic and a necessary read. . . This is the book I wish I had as a young writer and it' s a book I' m so glad to have now. * Lyz Lenz, author of ' Belabored' (2020) and ' God Land' (2021) *
Nina Jankowicz is a Washington DC-based writer and analyst. She is currently a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute. Previously she served as a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellow, a role in which she provided strategic guidance to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Her writing has been published by The New York Times. The Washington Post, Buzzfeed News, Foreign policy, and others. Her first book, How to Lose the Information War was published in 2020.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781350267572
Published: 21 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 128

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