Edited by Dustin Harp, Department of Communication, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA, Ingrid Bachmann, School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile and Jaime Loke, Bob Schieffer College of Communication, Texas Christian University, USA

• Contents1 Introduction: navigating gender, media and power in a digitally connectedworld 1Dustin Harp, Ingrid Bachmann and Jaime LokePART I GENDER, POWER, AND PARTICIPATION IN DIGITAL MEDIA SPACES2 Gender and politics go digital: interrogating politicians’ social mediabehaviour across four election campaigns 11Karen Ross, Susan Fountaine and Margie Comrie3 Thank you for sharing: gendered digital consumption of digital news 25Natalia Aruguete, Ernesto Calvo and Carolina Verena Franco4 Technological innovation in journalism: a reading against the grain 40Sara De Vuyst5 YouTube couple influencers: the reimagination of coupledom incontemporary South Africa 53Priscilla Boshoff and Jeanne Prinsloo6 I choose you: reading and transcending women’s condition in games ofwomen, by women, for women 70Abby Youran Qin7 Health literacy and health equity: community and digital opportunities forimproved LGBTQ+ health 84Teresa Wagner8 Christian lifestyle creators and their influence on single women,newlyweds, and new mothers 99K. Macy Burkett9 Amplifying queerness and queer coming out experiences in fancommunities through TikTok 113Janey Umback and Amy Shields DobsonPART II THEORIES, METHODS, AND INTERVENTIONS FORTRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE10 Online silencing: women and the political economy of digitalcommunication 127Carolyn M. Byerly11 How do you feel about it? An exploration of the importance of emotionsand feelings in the study of gendered digital media 141Sofie Van Bauwel12 Masc affect: affective masculinity in video games research 153Joshua Foust13 Gendered affordances in political participation on social media 167Karen Gheza14 Gender and digital publics: utilizing the three-level model of the publicsphere in social movement research 178Ricarda Drüeke and Elisabeth Klaus15 “It is nice, you learn to be supportive”: digital technologies, communityorganizing and the ethics of care among women leaders of disadvantagedcommunities 195Teresa Correa, Isabel Pavez and Catalina Farías16 Proposing a code of ethics for the metaverse 206Don Heider and Dustin Harp17 Reaching women of color through digital media for health research:opportunity, challenges, and lessons learned 218Hannah A. Affleck, Grace Ellen Brannon, Arian Goudar, Kyrah K.Brown and Yue LiaoPART III DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, ONLINE THREATS, MISOGYNY ANDSURVEILLANCE18 Digital media and emerging tactics of gendered harassment 234Ingrid Bachmann, Dustin Harp and Jaime Loke19 Abused and silenced: how free speech and online platforms fail women 245Kyla Garrett Wagner and Caitlin Ring Carlson20 “I wanna push you around. And I will, and I will.” Mainstreamingmisogyny in the manosphere 259Penelope Ingram21 Invisible boundaries: how masculine spaces enable the misuse of women’sintimacy 273Jaime Loke, Dustin Harp and Ingrid Bachmann22 Reclaiming the personal: feminist politics of digital privacy beyondencryption 286Zelly Martin and Dominique A. Montiel Valle23 Algorithms and gender in digital media 300Benita Dederichs and Micky Lee24 Gender in the machine: Examining gender dynamics in sex robots,chatbots, and AI assistants 314Gabriela Arriagada-Bruneau and Nicole LarrondoPART IV. RESISTANCE, ACTIVISM, SPACES FOR COMMUNITY DIGITALOPPORTUNITIES25 Uncovering butchness: how the butch lesbian subreddit on Reddit helpedme understand myself 328Gina M. Masullo26 Entrepreneurial opportunities: understanding the emergence of genderfocused news sites in Latin America 340Summer Harlow27 The use of information and communication technologies to promotehuman rights among forced migrant women: an afghan activist experience 350Jaclyn Kirsch, Roshan Mashal, Dustin Harp and Hanna Haran28 Intersectional trans athlete media narratives: the role of digital media in(re)defining the stories of trans athletes 363Andrew C. Billings, Jaymes Van Gyn and Leigh Moscowitz29 Patriarchy, traditionalism, the new gender “backlash”, and feminist digitalactivism in the Balkans 376Natasha Dimitrovska30 Digital spaces, women’s untold stories and how marginality become toolsof resistance: the case of Zimbabwe 391Sibongile Mpofu31 Celebrities and influencers facing crisis: navigating the intersections ofsocial media, brand management, and crisis communication 405Mildred “Mimi” Perreault

‘Harp, Bachmann, and Loke have created a unique volume that reflects both the global and individual diversity of women’s experiences in today’s pervasive digital spaces. The Handbook encompasses a variety of theoretical approaches and research methods, illustrating the ongoing reproduction of inequalities and women’s resistance to these practices.’