SOCIAL MEDIA POWER & CONTROL WHEEL

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P EXTREME JEALOUSY
ISOLATION/
VERBAL ABUSE: E Insults, name-calling online
Preventing a partner from using Th
social media to communicate with Threatening partner through er
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friends, family, and those who speak text or social media ar
her/his language Making negative comments
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Pressuring a partner to detach
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about pictures or postings

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ECONOMIC from social media activity
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Berating partner for not
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Accusing a partner of
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liking something quickly
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cheating EMOTIONAL

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Pressuring partner to engage

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enough
Keeping constant tabs ABUSE:

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in sexual acts, including via the

on partner, including

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Internet, for abusers financial gain Playing mind games/making
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us
through monitoring
Threatening to withdraw financial or interfering partner feel crazy
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support if partner does not obey abuser with partners Making unauthorized changes to

ti c s
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Not allowing partner to go to school/work, use of partners social media pages

or using social media to sabotage technology

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Embarrassing/humiliating partner
m o s t o bv i o u s f o r m o

his/her work performance or through social media SEXUAL

reputation

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MINIMIZING, ABUSE:
DENYING, BLAMING: Coercing partner to send intimate
Suggesting behavior is not abusive or serious POWER pictures or messages
Sharing intimate pictures or

sed in order to
because it occurred via social media
AND messages with third parties without
Not taking responsibility for abusive behavior
Making light of the abuse CONTROL consent
Threatening to release intimate
Saying victim caused the abuse
pictures or messages
USING
INTIMIDATION/
is the

PRIVILEGE:
THREATS

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Using perceived inequality in
Tracking partner using GPS or social media

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the relationship to assert authority
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PEER USING
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Using gender, race, or socio-economic Making someone afraid

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PRESSURE:

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status as justification for abuse CHILDREN Sending threatening messages

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Pressuring partner AS PAWNS:

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Restricting/withholding access to Using social media to locate someone,
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to send intimate then follow them, or wait for them at

Using children to
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assistance and/or services for a

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photos or share a
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that location
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disability relay threatening
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password because
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Exploiting partners Threatening to leave partner,

messages to partner
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everyone else does it commit suicide, or report

immigration status
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Being charming and Telling children negative

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partner to
generous with partners things about partner
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immigration
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family/friends, or glamorizing Hurting or threatening to hurt

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officials
relationship via social media, so
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children pa
people encourage partner to stay in rt
Threatening to report partners ne
the relationship r.
children to child welfare or
Pressuring partner not to

PH E
immigration officials
express sexual orientation

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