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‘The language is disgusting and they refer to my disability’: the cyberharassment of disabled people

dc.contributor.authorAlhaboby, Zhraa
dc.contributor.authoral-Khateeb, Haider
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, James
dc.contributor.authorShort, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-27T09:03:16Z
dc.date.available2018-02-27T09:03:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-05
dc.identifier.citationAlhaboby, Z.A., al-Khateeb, H.M., Barnes, J. and Short, E. (2016). ‘The language is disgusting and they refer to my disability’: the cyberharassment of disabled people. Disability & Society, 31 (8), pp. 1138-1143. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2016.1235313
dc.identifier.issn0968-7599
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09687599.2016.1235313
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/621138
dc.description.abstractDisabled people face hostility and harassment in their sociocultural environment. The use of electronic-communications creates an online context that further reshape this discrimination. We explored the experiences of 19 disabled victims of cyberharassment. Five themes emerged from the study: disability and health consequences, family involvement, misrepresentation of self, perceived complexity, and lack of awareness and expertise. Cyberharassment incidents against disabled people were influenced by the pre-existing impairment, perceived hate-targeting, and perpetrators faking disability to get closer to victims online. Our findings highlight a growing issue requiring action and proper support.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2016.1235313
dc.subjectOnline harassment
dc.subjectcyberstalking
dc.subjectcyberbullying
dc.subjectchronic conditions
dc.title‘The language is disgusting and they refer to my disability’: the cyberharassment of disabled people
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalDisability & Society
dc.date.accepted2016-09-01
rioxxterms.funderJisc
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUoW270218HAK
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-04-05
dc.source.volume31
dc.source.issue8
dc.source.beginpage1138
dc.source.endpage1143
refterms.dateFCD2018-10-19T09:28:38Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2018-04-05T00:00:00Z
html.description.abstractDisabled people face hostility and harassment in their sociocultural environment. The use of electronic-communications creates an online context that further reshape this discrimination. We explored the experiences of 19 disabled victims of cyberharassment. Five themes emerged from the study: disability and health consequences, family involvement, misrepresentation of self, perceived complexity, and lack of awareness and expertise. Cyberharassment incidents against disabled people were influenced by the pre-existing impairment, perceived hate-targeting, and perpetrators faking disability to get closer to victims online. Our findings highlight a growing issue requiring action and proper support.


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