EROTICS: An Exploratory Research on Sexuality & The Internet – Policy Review
This is the policy review produced as part of the APC WNSP EROTICS: Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet project. It includes a historical and contextual overview of international and regional policy documents on the area of internet governance as well as sexual rights, a focus on pornography and sexuality in relation to policy and regulation, an assessment of ‘terms of use’ agreements by 18 popular online social networking and content sharing platforms, an assessment of censorship and content regulation mechanisms employed in content related to sexuality, a mapping of key actors involved in policy and legislative processes in this area, an assessment of the legislative and policy landscape in Brazil, India, South Africa and the USA, recommendations and future research, an extensive bibliography as well as interview transcripts with key actors in the area of sexual rights and communication rights on the internet. This document is intended for the development of the EROTICS’ research policy framework and scope.
EROTICS: An Exploratory Research on Sexuality & The Internet – Literature Review
This is the literature review produced as part of the APC WNSP EROTICS: Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet project. It includes women’s rights and feminist approaches to the internet, theoretical frameworks on gender and technology, key themes in literature on sexuality, women and the internet, an assessment of current approaches and frameworks, recommendations of conceptual frameworks for the research project and an extensive bibliography. The review also included several examples and cases culled through online content research and interviews with key informants. This document is intended for the development of the EROTICS’ research framework and approach.
