Technology facilitated sexual violence and harassment (TFSV) refers to a range of behaviours using or aided by various digital technologies to harm, offend, humiliate, or intimidate women and other individuals. Some examples of TFSV include but are not limited to: sexual voyeurism, “non-consensual sexting” (sending unwanted and sexually explicit content), and “sextortion” (threats and coercion related to non-consensual distribution of nude and intimate images).
Digital well-being refers to the “impact of digital technologies on what it means to live a life that is good for a human being in an information society” (Burr et al, 2020, 2313). Some scholars have argued that digital technologies will increase productivity and help reduce social inequality by enabling better access to currently strained services as well as promoting human motivation and engagement.
Burr, Christopher, Mariarosaria Taddeo, and Luciano Floridi. 2020. “The Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Thematic Review.” Science and engineering ethics 26 (4):2313-2343. doi: 10.1007/s11948-020-00175-8
Digital dating abuse is one form of digital harms and can be defined as “a pattern of behaviors that control, pressure, or threaten a dating partner using a cell phone or the Internet” (Reed et al, 2016). It includes but is not limited to: monitoring, surveilling, privy to partners gadgets without permission, demanding nude photos, coercive sexting, messaging with threats and bullying among other actions.
Branson, Molly, and Evita March. 2021. “Dangerous dating in the digital age: Jealousy, hostility, narcissism, and psychopathy as predictors of Cyber Dating Abuse.” Computers in human behavior 119. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106711.
Brown, Cynthia, and Kelsey Hegarty. 2018. “Digital dating abuse measures: A critical review.” Aggression and Violent Behavior40:44-59.
Reed, Lauren A., Richard M. Tolman, and Paige Safyer. 2015. “Too close for comfort: Attachment insecurity and electronic intrusion in college students’ dating relationships.” Computers in human behavior 50:431-438.
Reed, Lauren A., Richard M. Tolman, and L. Monique Ward. 2016. “Snooping and Sexting: Digital Media as a Context for Dating Aggression and Abuse Among College Students.” Violence Against Women 22 (13):1556-1576.
Reed, Lauren A., Richard M. Tolman, and L. Monique Ward. 2017. “Gender matters: Experiences and consequences of digital dating abuse victimization in adolescent dating relationships.” Journal of Adolescence 59:79-89.
Weathers, Melinda R., Mollie R. Canzona, and Carla L. Fisher. 2019. “Digital Media as a Context for Dating Abuse: Connecting Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies to Young Adult Women’s Well-Being.” Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 34 (3):325-345.
Weathers, Melinda R., and Mark C. Hopson. 2015. “‘I Define What Hurts Me’: A Co-Cultural Theoretical Analysis of Communication Factors Related to Digital Dating Abuse.” Howard Journal of Communications 26 (1):95-113.
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