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#Digitalactivism: Examining #Yesallwomen And Teaching Social Media Activism In Technical Communication, Karishma Verma
#Digitalactivism: Examining #Yesallwomen And Teaching Social Media Activism In Technical Communication, Karishma Verma
Theses and Dissertations
In May 2014, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others near
the University of California campus in Santa Barbara. A “hatred of women” was cited as the
reason for his crimes. This incident inspired the hashtag movement #YesAllWomen on social
media. Users shared examples of how although “not all men” engage in violent behaviors that
Rodger exhibited, all women go through their lives fearing. This thesis uses a technofeminist
framework to examine how the #YesAllWomen movement functioned as an online social
movement on Twitter to encourage conversation as well as promote change. I also discuss how
technical …