Teen television reveals the complex relationship between surveillance and autonomy for young women, suggesting potential empowerment through networked technologies.
Contemporary teen television programs often use narratives of crime and investigation to represent gendered experiences of networked technologies. They demonstrate how technologies normalize the overlap between surveillance, sous-veillance, and sexual(ized) violence for young women. They also explore how young women can use networked technologies as a form of autonomy and agency.
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Andrea Braithwaite (2025) studied this question.
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