Online Misogyny
Understanding, Detecting, and Mitigating Online Misogyny Against Politically Active Women” is a new multiyear interdisciplinary project in the For Digital Dignity research program. The project (2022-2026) is funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (BIDT) and will be jointly carried out by a team of ethnographers, sociologists and computer scientists at the University of Munich (LMU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Project Outline:
More than two billion people use social media every day. Many of them discuss political topics online. Radicalization, extreme speech, and in particular online misogyny against politically active women have become alarming negative features of online discussions. In this disciplinary project, we will employ mixed-methods approaches to three case studies in Germany, India, and Brazil to better understand the content and dynamics of online misogyny against politically active women and to develop methods for early identification of such emerging dynamics. We will collaborate with subject matter experts in Germany, India and Brazil as well as with media partners and affected female politicians. With citizen social science tools we will involve the general public in the process of identifying emerging campaigns of online misogyny against politically active women. This project will also develop policy briefs and regulatory approaches to address online misogyny.
More about the project here (in German).
Project team:
Principal Investigator: Prof Dr Sahana Udupa
Postdoc: Dr. Oeendrila Lahiri
PhD student: Leah Nann, MA
Student assistant: Naemi Stolte
Collaborator: Dr Axel Wisiorek
Collaborator: Dr Tobias Englmeier
www.fordigitaldignity.com/online-misogyny