Preventing Image-Based Cybercrime in Australia: The Role of Bystanders

This project gathers empirical data about Australians’ understandings of image-based sexual abuse, image-based sexual abuse laws and the role of bystanders in responding to this growing problem.

Informed by focus groups, surveys and stakeholder engagement, the project will generate new, policy-relevant knowledge contributing to preventing image-based sexual abuse nationwide, including developing and disseminating a set of resources to organisations to improve understandings of responses, as well as developing targeted education and prevention strategies.

Primary Researchers

Nicola Henry Core Member

DERC

The Digital Ethnography Research Centre, or DERC, investigates the social implications of digital technologies and social media in everyday life, as well as the impact, design, and governance of automated decision making systems. By researching from the ground up we bring fresh insight to a constantly changing world. DERC is one of the world's top research centres for digital ethnography. We lead in innovative approaches to understanding a contemporary world where digital and mobile technologies are increasingly inextricable from the environments and relationships in which everyday life plays out. DERC excels in both academic scholarship and in our applied work with external partners from industry and other sectors.