Gender-Based Digital Violence on Instagram: Between Mainstreaming and Invisibility
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
Author/s Claudia Capelli, Rosa Sorrentino
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/70
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 39-56 File size 637 KB
DOI 10.3280/SC2025-070003
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This article explores how gender-based digital violence is represented, framed, and communicated on Instagram, focusing on news and infotainment profiles targeting youth audiences. Drawing on literature that conceptualizes gender-based violence as a structural and continuous phenomenon across online and offline spaces and using a mixed-methods approach applied to eight Italian profiles, the study investigates the visibility, relevance, and discursive strategies through which the issue is addressed. The analysis also examines the role of digital-native media in shaping public discourse on gender-based digital violence, highlighting problematic dynamics that emerge from current representational practices.
Keywords: gender-based digital violence, cyberviolence, news journalism, platforms, Instagram framing.
Claudia Capelli, Rosa Sorrentino, La violenza digitale di genere su Instagram tra mainstreaming e invisibilità in "SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE " 70/2025, pp 39-56, DOI: 10.3280/SC2025-070003