{"id":560,"date":"2016-09-20T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T03:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:38:15","slug":"rajanis-interview-on-social-media-and-rape-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2016\/rajanis-interview-on-social-media-and-rape-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajani&#8217;s interview on social media and rape culture."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Rajani&#8217;s interview on social media and rape culture.\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Our own Nasreen Rajani was interviewed in the Carleton&#8217;s independent weekly, the Charlatan, about <a href=\"http:\/\/charlatan.ca\/2016\/09\/op-ed-spurs-online-debate-on-carleton-and-rape-culture\/\">social media and rape culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajani, who is currently&nbsp;researching digital media and online feminist activism, commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSocial media has the potential to build awareness around rape culture and to build connections between others but it\u2019s not inherently effective as a debate platform&#8230; many just want to voice their opinions and not listen to others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Rajani, there is no easy answer on the effectiveness of online debate<strong>.<\/strong> While social media has great power to reach people, she said it is not the place for a serious conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also may be more likely to follow those opinions that align with our own,\u201d Rajani said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that instances of gender-based violence have, unfortunately, been thriving on social media&#8230; and this works to police people\u2019s voices [and] tweets or pushes them offline completely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/charlatan.ca\/2016\/09\/op-ed-spurs-online-debate-on-carleton-and-rape-culture\/\">http:\/\/charlatan.ca\/2016\/09\/op-ed-spurs-online-debate-on-carleton-and-rape-culture\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our own Nasreen Rajani was interviewed in the Carleton&#8217;s independent weekly, the Charlatan, about social media and rape culture. 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