Unveiling Online Violence Against Women in Politics: EU Political Candidates

• In Event: Political Violence and Gender

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes online violence against women in politics on the X platform across twelve EU countries, examining tweets targeting female and male candidates to identify gendered patterns and factors shaping this phenomenon.

Authors

• Ana Espirito-Santo, Georgetown University

• Bárbara Santos

• Fernando Batista, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa