This essential book is a rallying cry for women to recognize and reject the ways social media is being weaponized against us -- and instead wield it to empower ourselves. In But we can change this. Alaimo offers up brilliant advice for how to get over the influence--how to handle our daughters’ use of social media, use dating apps to find the partners we’re looking for, use social networks to bolster our careers, and protect ourselves from sextortionists, catfishers, and trolls. She also explains what we need to demand from lawmakers and tech companies. <Over the Influence< calls on women to recognize and call out the subtle (and not-so-subtle) sexism and misogyny we find online, reject misinformation that is targeted to us because of our gender, and use our platforms to empower ourselves and other women.

Autorentext
Kara Alaimo, Ph.D. is a communication professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She writes frequently for CNN Opinion about the social impact of social media and issues affecting women. A former communicator at the United Nations and in the Obama administration, she lives in New Jersey with her family. For more information, visit www.karaalaimo.com and follow her @karaalaimo.

Inhalt
Author’s Note
Introduction
Chapter 1: Girl Meets Instagram
Chapter 2: The Face in the Filter
Chapter 3: Social Media and Women’s “Perpetual State of Wrongness”
Chapter 4: Plenty of Catfish
Chapter 5: Sex Crimes and Murder in the Time of Social Media
Chapter 6: Digital Housewives
Chapter 7: Misinformation for Mommies
Chapter 8: How Anti-Vaxxers Target Women
Chapter 9: The Flounce
Chapter 10: Meta Misogyny
Chapter 11: The #Feminist Fallacy
Appendix: How to Be Savvy On Social Media
Resources
Notes/References
Acknowledgments
Index