Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan dan Sains Islam Interdisipliner
Vol. 5 No. 3 Agustus 2026: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan dan Sains Islam Interdisipliner

Power Relations of Sexual Violence in Higher Education in Digital Space: A Critical Sociological Analysis

Ruslan Ruslan Sudrajat (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Teguh Saepudin teguh saepudin (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Rodiah Rodiah Maridah (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Sahrul Sahrul Anwar (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Aug 2026

Abstract

Digital sexual violence in college is a sociological issue related to academic hierarchies, patriarchal culture, institutional reputations, and digital mechanisms that shape the victim's vulnerability. Platform X becomes an ambivalent space that allows victims to build solidarity and public pressure, but also presents victim blaming, moral surveillance, and delegitimization. This study aims to analyze power relations in the practice of digital sexual violence, the dynamics of victim resistance through platform X, and the production of knowledge about victims, perpetrators, and women's safety. The research uses a qualitative approach with an interpretive-critical paradigm and netnography method. Data were obtained through non-participatory digital observation of 264 selected comments from 1,000 comments on 12 public accounts of platform X, then analyzed using thematic, narrative, and critical discourse analysis based on Michel Foucault's perspective. The results of the study showed that academic power relations weakened the position of the victim, while platform X functioned as a space of resistance as well as disciplinary reproduction.  Netizens' comments form a digital truth regime that determines the legitimacy of victims, perpetrators, and women's safety. These findings confirm the importance of campus policies that protect victims, including from victimization, in the digital space.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JIPSI

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Subject

Religion Humanities Library & Information Science Social Sciences

Description

Education Science. The Islamic Education Science. Educational Psychology. Learning Psychology. Educational Philosophy. Islamic Educational Philosophy. Lesson Plan. Lesson Design. Lesson Media Development of Resources and Learning Media. Learning Theory of Islamic Education. Learning Strategies of ...