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A Movement or a Moment?: The Impact of #MeToo Among College Students
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Monaco, Alexandra L.
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2020, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
In this study, I investigate the ways in which college students have interacted with the #MeToo campaign and how those interactions have shaped their perceptions of sexual violence and victimization. The findings show that those that support #MeToo do so because the campaign builds a community of support for the survivor using the hashtag, it empowers survivors, and encourages activism. Those that oppose the campaign do so because it negatively affected the interactions that different gender identities have with one another. Those in opposition of the campaign also questioned the moral legitimacy of the campaign and its followers, citing questionable motives for using the hashtag and detraction from “real” victims. These findings contribute to a necessary and lacking empirical and foundational understanding of #MeToo. The study concludes with an in- depth discussion of the findings, limitations, and future directions.
Committee
Thomas Vander Ven (Advisor)
Pages
58 p.
Subject Headings
Behavioral Sciences
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Sociology
Keywords
MeToo
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Me Too
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sexual violence
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victimization
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social media
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social movements
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Monaco, A. L. (2020).
A Movement or a Moment?: The Impact of #MeToo Among College Students
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1586966412885931
APA Style (7th edition)
Monaco, Alexandra.
A Movement or a Moment?: The Impact of #MeToo Among College Students.
2020. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1586966412885931.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Monaco, Alexandra. "A Movement or a Moment?: The Impact of #MeToo Among College Students." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1586966412885931
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