43 4 NATURE AND EXTENT OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE ISLAMOPHOBIA The terrorist attacks in Paris, Tunisia and Woolwich have led to a significant increase in Islamophobic hostility, which has culminated in a rise in reprisal attacks against Muslim communities. Typically, these attacks happen in street-based Islamophobic hostility; nevertheless, an increase in online Islamophobia has resulted in a debate about the nature of online and offline Islamophobia, and the relationship between the two. Muslims, particularly those with a ‘visible’ Muslim identity, suffer
55 ISLAMOPHOBIA 54 5 IMPACTS OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE ISLAMOPHOBIA This chapter discusses the impacts of online and offline Islamophobic hate crime for victims and their families. Correspondingly, participants experienced a range of psychological and emotional responses such as low confidence, depression and anxiety as well as increased feelings of vulnerability, fear and insecurity. Additionally, participants highlighted the relationship between online and offline Islamophobia, and described living in fear because of the possibility of online threats
71 FIVE Protest spaces online and offline: the Indignant movement in Syntagma Square Anastasia Kavada and Orsalia Dimitriou Introduction The summer of 2011 saw the largest occupation of public space in Greece in recent memory. Enraged by the government’s austerity measures and following the example of the square occupations in Spain, thousands of people flooded Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens on 25 May 2011. Calling themselves ‘Αγανακτισμένοι’, meaning ‘Indignants’ in Greek, protesters stayed in the square for nearly two months, turning it into a
Islamophobia examines the online and offline experiences of hate crime against Muslims, and the impact upon victims, their families and wider communities. Based on the first national hate crime study to examine the nature, extent and determinants of Muslim victims of hate crime in the virtual and physical worlds, it highlights the multidimensional relationship between online and offline anti-Muslim attacks, especially in a global context. It includes the voices of victims themselves which leads to a more nuanced understanding of anti-Muslim hate crime and prevention of future anti-Muslim hate crime as well as strategies for future prevention.
293 Journal of Gender-Based Violence • vol 2 • no 2 • 293–310 • © Centre for Gender and Violence Research 2018 University of Bristol 2018 • Print ISSN 2398-6808 • Online ISSN 2398-6816 https://doi.org/10.1332/239868018X15263879270302 article THEMED SECTION: Young people and sexual relationships Interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s relationships in five European countries: online and offline normalisation of heteronormativity Nadia Aghtaie, nadia.aghtaie@bristol.ac.uk University of Bristol, UK Cath Larkins, CLarkins@uclan.ac.uk Christine
that come through family and friends are still the main drivers of these students’ engagement with charity on social media, echoing some previous sector research (such as Bhagat et al, 2010 ; Meer, 2011 ; Payne et al, 2014 ). Data reveal a continuing importance of focusing on fundraising through existing offline networks despite the supposed global connectivity and awareness that social media platforms offer, but that the right celebrity or organisational backing can help a charity message cut through. The conclusion therefore notes the potential limitations of
59 FOUR Weaving family connections on- and offline: the turn to networked individualism Anabel Quan-Haase, Hua Wang, Barry Wellman, and Renwen Zhang Introduction Older adults (65+) are now flocking to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in North America after decades of lower usage than that of younger adults (Anderson and Perrin, 2017). With a significant majority of older adults now using ICTs to engage in a range of activities (Anderson and Perrin, 2017), it is important to understand how they use them to shape family life and dynamics
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