Ever since the introduction of internet technologies in South Korea, digital sexual violence (DSV) has been a persistent and pervasive problem. Evolving alongside digital technologies, the severity and scale of violence have grown consistently, leading to widespread public concern. In this paper, we present four eras of image-based DSV in South Korea, spanning from the early internet era of the 1990s to the deepfake scandals in the mid-2020s. Drawing from media coverage, legal documents, and academic literature, we elucidate forms and characteristics of DSV cases in each era, tracing how entrenched misogyny is reconfigured and amplified through evolving technologies, alongside shifting legislative measures. Taking a genealogical approach to read prominent cases of different eras, our analysis identifies three constitutive and interconnected dimensions of DSV: (1) the homo-social fabrication of "obscenity", wherein victims' imagery becomes collectively framed as obscene through participatory practices in male-dominant networks; (2) the increasing imperceptibility of violence, as technologies foreclose victims' ability to perceive harm; and (3) the commercialization of abuse through decentralized economic infrastructures. We suggest future directions for CSCW research, and further reflect on the value of the genealogical method in enabling non-linear understanding of DSV as dynamically evolving sociotechnical configurations of harm.
翻译:自互联网技术在韩国引入以来,数字性暴力一直是一个持续存在且普遍的问题。随着数字技术的发展,暴力的严重程度和规模持续增长,引发了广泛的公众关注。本文提出了韩国基于影像的数字性暴力的四个时代,时间跨度从1990年代的早期互联网时代到2020年代中期的深度伪造丑闻。通过媒体报道、法律文件和学术文献,我们阐明了每个时代数字性暴力案件的形式和特征,追溯了根深蒂固的厌女症如何通过不断发展的技术以及不断变化的法律措施被重新配置和放大。采用谱系学方法解读不同时代的典型案例,我们的分析确定了数字性暴力的三个构成性且相互关联的维度:(1) “淫秽”的同性社交建构,即受害者的影像通过男性主导网络中的参与性实践被集体框定为淫秽;(2) 暴力日益难以察觉,因为技术剥夺了受害者感知伤害的能力;(3) 通过去中心化的经济基础设施实现虐待的商业化。我们提出了计算机支持的协同工作研究的未来方向,并进一步反思了谱系学方法在将数字性暴力理解为动态演化的社会技术伤害配置方面,实现非线性理解的价值。