Stacey Hannem is a sociologist and Professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on sex work, sexual violence, and the intersections of criminal law and justice policy with stigma, marginalization, and gender. She is co-editor of Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark (with Bruckert, University of Ottawa Press, 2012). Christopher J. Schneider is professor of sociology at Brandon University. His research focuses on how developments in media and technology contribute to changes in social interaction and social control. He is the author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media (Lexington Books, 2016).

"A serious advance . . . in research. This is the first book I have seen tracing media development of the term, 'sexual misconduct' . . . It's timely and important." Tracy Everbach , co-author of Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology and Harassment "Students will greatly benefit from reading this [book]. . . . Scholars will benefit from this investigation and theorization of the emergence of 'sexual misconduct.' The[book] contains much original insight. Among its many contribution, it helps to nuance the claims of social media as a 'democratic' space, considering for example, the role of technology, big business and black box algorithms in determining whose perspectives are privileged. The analysis of the complexity of agency and responsabilization is brilliant . . ." Ummni Khan , author of Vicarious Kinks: Sadomasochism in the Socio-Legal Imaginary

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceINTRODUCTION: Sexual Misconduct and Mass MediaCHAPTER 1: The Discourse of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 2: Trial by MediaCHAPTER 3: The Politicization of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 4: Stigma and the “Weinstein Effect”CHAPTER 5: The #MeToo PhenomenonCHAPTER 6: Acknowledging Sexual Misconduct and the “Grey Zone”CHAPTER 7: Concluding Thoughts: Sexual Misconduct and the Pursuit of JusticeAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Stacey Hannem is a sociologist and Professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on sex work, sexual violence, and the intersections of criminal law and justice policy with stigma, marginalization, and gender. She is co-editor of Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark (with Bruckert, University of Ottawa Press, 2012). Christopher J. Schneider is professor of sociology at Brandon University. His research focuses on how developments in media and technology contribute to changes in social interaction and social control. He is the author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media (Lexington Books, 2016).

"A serious advance . . . in research. This is the first book I have seen tracing media development of the term, 'sexual misconduct' . . . It's timely and important." Tracy Everbach , co-author of Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology and Harassment "Students will greatly benefit from reading this [book]. . . . Scholars will benefit from this investigation and theorization of the emergence of 'sexual misconduct.' The[book] contains much original insight. Among its many contribution, it helps to nuance the claims of social media as a 'democratic' space, considering for example, the role of technology, big business and black box algorithms in determining whose perspectives are privileged. The analysis of the complexity of agency and responsabilization is brilliant . . ." Ummni Khan , author of Vicarious Kinks: Sadomasochism in the Socio-Legal Imaginary

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceINTRODUCTION: Sexual Misconduct and Mass MediaCHAPTER 1: The Discourse of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 2: Trial by MediaCHAPTER 3: The Politicization of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 4: Stigma and the “Weinstein Effect”CHAPTER 5: The #MeToo PhenomenonCHAPTER 6: Acknowledging Sexual Misconduct and the “Grey Zone”CHAPTER 7: Concluding Thoughts: Sexual Misconduct and the Pursuit of JusticeAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Stacey Hannem is a sociologist and Professor in the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on sex work, sexual violence, and the intersections of criminal law and justice policy with stigma, marginalization, and gender. She is co-editor of Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark (with Bruckert, University of Ottawa Press, 2012). Christopher J. Schneider is professor of sociology at Brandon University. His research focuses on how developments in media and technology contribute to changes in social interaction and social control. He is the author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media (Lexington Books, 2016).

"A serious advance . . . in research. This is the first book I have seen tracing media development of the term, 'sexual misconduct' . . . It's timely and important." Tracy Everbach , co-author of Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology and Harassment "Students will greatly benefit from reading this [book]. . . . Scholars will benefit from this investigation and theorization of the emergence of 'sexual misconduct.' The[book] contains much original insight. Among its many contribution, it helps to nuance the claims of social media as a 'democratic' space, considering for example, the role of technology, big business and black box algorithms in determining whose perspectives are privileged. The analysis of the complexity of agency and responsabilization is brilliant . . ." Ummni Khan , author of Vicarious Kinks: Sadomasochism in the Socio-Legal Imaginary

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceINTRODUCTION: Sexual Misconduct and Mass MediaCHAPTER 1: The Discourse of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 2: Trial by MediaCHAPTER 3: The Politicization of Sexual MisconductCHAPTER 4: Stigma and the “Weinstein Effect”CHAPTER 5: The #MeToo PhenomenonCHAPTER 6: Acknowledging Sexual Misconduct and the “Grey Zone”CHAPTER 7: Concluding Thoughts: Sexual Misconduct and the Pursuit of JusticeAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex