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Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online

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Cybersexism is rampant and can exact an astonishingly high cost. In some cases, the final result is suicide. Bullying, stalking, and trolling are just the beginning. Extreme examples such as GamerGate get publicized, but otherwise the online abuse of women is largely underreported. Haters combines a history of online sexism with suggestions for solutions. Using current events and the latest available research into cybersexism, Bailey Poland questions the motivations behind cybersexist activities and explores methods to reduce footprints of Internet misogyny, drawing parallels between online and offline abuse. By exploring the cases of Alyssa Funke, Rehtaeh Parsons, Audrie Pott, Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others, and her personal experiences with sexism, Poland develops a compelling method of combating sexism online. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ POTOMAC BOOKS (November 1, 2016)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612347665


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 60


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.3 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #3,304,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,113 in Privacy & Online Safety #3,615 in Computer History & Culture (Books) #6,162 in Internet & Telecommunications


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    • If you have experienced online harassment, or know anyone who has, this book is a must read!
If you have experienced online harassment, or know anyone who has, this book is a must read! In fact, "Haters" should be read by anyone who interacts online, or has experienced any type of bullying. The internet is a big, scary place and there is much to learn about how to be safe online. Thankfully Poland breaks down the vast and complicated world of cybersexism, trolling, online bullying, and discusses current solutions, as well as offering strategies for reducing the problem. Poland not only addresses the most recent examples of the abuse and bullying online, she discusses the similarities in online and offline abuse, and explores possibilities on how to deal with both. This is the only book I have found that gives such a complete picture of online harassment and bullying. Whether you are familiar with the high-profile cases or have been harassed or stalked online, this book is a wonderful tool for understanding how the internet became such a dangerous playground and offers suggestions on how to navigate safely. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016 by E. A. Richards
    • A book to take seriously
Very little has been written about this topic. Furthermore, very little has been done to reverse some of the horrific sexist, online behavior that has, in many cases, seriously disrupted women's life without consequence. I commend the author for the detailed and thoughtful look at cyberstalking and its close ties to sexism. She covers a lot of new and important ground, starting first with sexism in more general terms. She then tracks relationship between sexist behavior offline to the same online. The book, published by a university press, is well written and accessible regardless of your familiarity with scholarly publications. I wish a major publisher had taken this book and spent a fortune marketing it. At this time, there is little to no recourse for women suffering from cyberstalking and online harassment. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2017 by Rae A. Francoeur
    • I always want those books to be good, to teach me something
[NOTE: I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.] I don't read non-fiction that often, so when I do, I always want those books to be good, to teach me something, and/or to make me think. I guess this one was all three? I pretty much "enjoyed" reading it—from an academic point of view, because let's be honest, the problems it describes aren't so savoury, and it's such a shame they're still here in 2016. Interesting, too, was how I could discuss it with a couple of friends, and they hadn't necessarily realised either all that online harrassment involves: not just the insulting posts/tweets/interactions, but how all those get dismissed so easily, and by basically everybody and their dog, under the umbrella of "don't feed the trolls" and "if you don't like it, just turn off your computer". Because not feeding offenders doesn't mean they'll stop: what they want is not always attention, but the feeling that they've "won" by driving you away. Because "just turn the computer off" is not a solution, especially not in our age where every potential recruiter and employer looks you up on the web, and if you don't maintain some kind of online presence, you're not good enough, but if what they find are blogs and profiles defaced by abusers, it's even worse. Because, sadly but unsurprisingly, it still all ties into the "blame the victim" culture; into victims being the ones who must waste time and make efforts to get rid of the abuse; into (yes, once again) the fact that women and minorities get a lot more abuse than ye olde middle-class white guy—and that it's about abusers demanding that their victims waste their time on them, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. I've been lucky so far in terms of abuse, but I've lived in bad places offline and I know what it is to get cat-called by shady guys in the street, who then proceed to insult you when you don't drop everything you're doing to turn all your attention to them. So, yeah, when we have to contend with that s***e online as well? Not good. Sadly here as well, people who'd benefit most from reading such a book (in order to realise why it's not okay—or that we've called their BS long ago and the only ones they're fooling is themselves) won't read it, won't care, will probably abuse the author, whatever. Nevertheless, I think this would be food for thought for many, many other people: it's amazing (and worrying) how easy it is to internalise that culture of abuse, to react ourselves with mild aphorisms like "just block them", as if ignoring what's happening will make it vanish by magic. Tiny little details that we continuously feed into our own daily narratives, poisoning ourselves, even when we're obviously against abuse and behave in civil ways otherwise. The author provides quite a few examples of abuse situations or larger events like the Gamergate, showing how abusers behave, and what kind of dangers this can all lead to, ranging from personal and professional issues to physical wounds and worse (revealing information like Social Security numbers and addresses, for the targets to be abused offline as well). The one thing I found a little difficult at times was the academic style, which was dry in places, and sometimes seemed to repeat itself (possibly in attempts to keep it to a more generic kind of language, I'd say, and prevent it from immediately being labelled as "see you're writing about abusers but you do that in an offending way"—also note the irony of, once again, having to keep ourselves in check so that the real abusers won't be able to bounce on it). On the other hand, the book as a whole is accessible and not "hard" to read and understand. Conclusion: Important matter, dealt with in understandable ways, and deserving of being read by a wide range of people. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016 by Yzabel
    • Very good reading
Very good reading even if I was new to this topic. The author introduces several behaviors of abusers and reactions of victims.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017 by Elisabetta
    • An eloquent study on how & why online sexism impacts ...
An eloquent study on how & why online sexism impacts women & then some practical demands on how to rectify
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2017 by Daniel Casey

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