The paper explores the use of social media commentary on rape culture in South Africa on X (Twitter). Rape culture has become a common topic in the society on Twitter, the victim of rape taught by the society to stay quiet after being raped this happen outside of feminism that establish itself firmly into normal culture on X (Twitter). Social media had made a huge difference impact through various platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others to connect the globe. The purpose of this paper was to explore the impact of social media on rape culture in South Africa. Therefore, the paper was explored through working on the objectives by identify the commentary habits of rape culture on social media and assess the effects of social media commentary on rape culture. The researcher employed qualitative research approach to gain wider understanding on the embarked paper. Moreover, the paper adopted semi-structured interview as the method of collecting data. Thirty (30) social media X (Twitter) users were purposively selected and interviewed to investigate how social media comment on rape culture in South Africa. Framing theory was used as a lens for toxic Masculinity and rape Myth Acceptance. Furthermore, the paper discovered both advantages and disadvantages of using social media commentary on rape culture. Resilience and resistance, as well as intersectional inequities, require greater experiences and awareness of the various varieties of rape culture. Regardless of all the disadvantages, globally there are innumerable social media users particularly for which rape culture is addressed.

Authors:
Tumelo Matome Modiba, University of South Africa, South Africa

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I Tumelo Matome Modiba lecturer of public relation in the college of human sciences, the thesis titled: the impact of social media commentary on a rape culture the case of X (twitter) is the topic that am investigating on.

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