The Nature of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse among Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde,Michael Gboyega Ilesanmi,Nchelem Kokomma Ichegbo,Cheluchi Onyemelukwe,Emmanuel Olamijuwon

doi:10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211005

Abstract

The Nature of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse among Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

Highlights

The utilization of technology, including cell phones, cameras, internet-associated gadgets, personal computers, and social media, has become part of regular dayto-day activities (Douglas, Harris, & Dragiewicz, 2019; Gillwald, 2017; Henry & Powell, 2018; Simon, Goldberg, Aharonson-Daniel, Leykin, & Adini, 2014)
The results show that unwanted sexually explicit images, comments, emails or text messages were the most common types of technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) experienced by the respondents
It is notable that the overwhelming majority of young adults in our sample reported having experienced at least one of the listed forms of behavior often associated with TFVA

Summary

Introduction

The utilization of technology, including cell phones, cameras, internet-associated gadgets, personal computers, and social media, has become part of regular dayto-day activities (Douglas, Harris, & Dragiewicz, 2019; Gillwald, 2017; Henry & Powell, 2018; Simon, Goldberg, Aharonson-Daniel, Leykin, & Adini, 2014). These technologies are used for communicating and to carry out routine tasks. In SSA, 41% of respondents utilize the internet across six countries surveyed (Silver & Johnson, 2018a) Of these six countries, South Africa had the highest population with internet access, a median of 59%. The majority of internet users in SSA go online for social communication purposes (Silver & Johnson, 2018a)

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