Online Justice in the Circuit of Capital: #MeToo, Marketization and the Deformation of Sexual Ethics

@article{Salter2019OnlineJI,
  title={Online Justice in the Circuit of Capital: \#MeToo, Marketization and the Deformation of Sexual Ethics},
  author={Michael Salter},
  journal={\#MeToo and the Politics of Social Change},
  year={2019}
}
  • M. Salter
  • Published 2019
  • Political Science
  • #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change
Using the example of #MeToo, this chapter explores how social media directs online justice-seeking in a manner conducive to its underlying commercial interests, generating contradictions and moments of rupture in social movements. Adapting Jodi Dean’s conceptualization of ‘communicative capitalism’, the chapter examines three allegations of sexual misconduct that departed in significant ways from #MeToo’s prior focus on seeking justice for victims and survivors of sexual violence and harassment… 
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