Keyword : Social media .Re-victimization .Victims .Sexual violence
Author(s) : Chijioke Odii & Maxwell M. Ngene
Abstract :
The study examined how social networking sites re-victimized female victims of sexual violence in Nigeria. It adopted descriptive survey design. Focus group discussions and personal interviews were used to gather data for the study. Eight students of Mass Communication at Renaissance University were selected for the focus group discussions using the quota sampling technique, while 10 female victims of sexual violence in Nigeria whose stories were published in the social media were purposively selected for the personal interviews. The study found that the social media re-victimized victims of sexual violence in Nigeria in many ways, including exaggerating their stories, sharing their nude pictures, blaming them, using fake pictures to share their stories and sharing their stories without their consent. The study also investigated the survival strategies adopted by victims of sexual assaults in Nigeria and measures to prevent revictimization of female victims of sexual violence by social media in Nigeria.
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