%0 Journal Article
%T Digitized narratives of sexual violence: Making sexual violence felt and known through digital disclosures
%A Jessalynn Keller
%A Jessica Ringrose
%A Kaitlynn Mendes
%J New Media & Society
%@ 1461-7315
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1461444818820069
%X In this article, we argue that social media platforms like Tumblr and Twitter have facilitated an emergence of ¡°digitized narratives¡± of sexual violence. These narratives are rooted in historical ways in which feminists have discursively articulated sexual violence, yet are shaped by distinctive ¡°platform vernacular¡± or the conventions, affordances, and restrictions of the platforms in which they appear. Drawing on a qualitative content and critical discourse analysis of 450 texts from the Tumblr site Who Needs Feminism? and the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported, we argue that digital platforms such as Tumblr and Twitter produce new vernacular practices which shape how ¡°digitized narratives¡± of sexual violence are not only disclosed and known, but felt and experienced across digital networks
%K Digitized narratives
%K feminism
%K memes
%K platform vernacular
%K rape
%K rape culture
%K sexual violence
%K Tumblr
%K Twitter
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444818820069