TY - JOUR

T1 - #sendeanlat (#tellyourstory)

T2 - Text Analyses of Tweets About Sexual Assault Experiences

AU - Ikizer, Elif G.

AU - Ramírez-Esparza, Nairán

AU - Boyd, Ryan L.

PY - 2019/12/1

Y1 - 2019/12/1

N2 - On 11 February 2015, a 20-year-old university student, Ozgecan Aslan, was violently murdered in an attempted rape in Mersin, southern Turkey. This event led to a mass Twitter protest in the country. Women across the country started sharing the hashtag #sendeanlat (“#tellyourstory” in English). In the current exploratory study, 164,279 original tweets were analyzed using the text analytic approach called the Meaning Extraction Method. Results revealed the key themes of reactions to victim blaming, honor culture/namus, assault experiences, social media, and women’s responsibility. Policy, media, and mental-health-related implications and future research directions are discussed.

AB - On 11 February 2015, a 20-year-old university student, Ozgecan Aslan, was violently murdered in an attempted rape in Mersin, southern Turkey. This event led to a mass Twitter protest in the country. Women across the country started sharing the hashtag #sendeanlat (“#tellyourstory” in English). In the current exploratory study, 164,279 original tweets were analyzed using the text analytic approach called the Meaning Extraction Method. Results revealed the key themes of reactions to victim blaming, honor culture/namus, assault experiences, social media, and women’s responsibility. Policy, media, and mental-health-related implications and future research directions are discussed.

KW - Assault

KW - Language analysis

KW - Rape

KW - Social media

KW - Turkey

KW - Twitter

U2 - 10.1007/s13178-018-0358-5

DO - 10.1007/s13178-018-0358-5

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85054699297

VL - 16

SP - 463

EP - 475

JO - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

JF - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

SN - 1868-9884

IS - 4

ER -