Digital gender-based violence and platform logic: the role of folk-theories and algorithmic imaginaries in user perception
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
Author/s Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Chiara Carbone, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Lorenza Parisi, Francesca Comunello
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/70
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 57-74 File size 118 KB
DOI 10.3280/SC2025-070004
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This paper explores how users interpret the role of digital platforms in online gender-based violence, highlighting how these perceptions are influenced by different gender positions, orientations, and social affiliations. Using data from qualitative interviews conducted in Italy, it analyzes the folk theories and algorithmic imaginaries that guide perceptions and interpretations of platform mechanisms in manifestations of digital gender-based violence. The analysis highlights three central dimensions: the algorithmic amplification of violent content, the reproduction of bias in moderation systems, and the perceived ineffectiveness of the protection tools made available by platforms.
Keywords: digital gender-based violence; folk theories; digital platforms, algorithmic imaginary; affordance.
Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Chiara Carbone, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Lorenza Parisi, Francesca Comunello, Violenza digitale di genere e logiche di piattaforma. Il ruolo delle folk theories e degli immaginari algoritmici nella percezione delle/gli utenti in "SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE " 70/2025, pp 57-74, DOI: 10.3280/SC2025-070004