Technoviolence and symbolic violence in digital environments

Abstract

This article examines the academic literature on technoviolence in digital environments, with the aim of analyzing how scholarly research has conceptualized these forms of violence and how they are articulated with processes of symbolic violence, power relations, and sociotechnical dynamics inherent to digital platforms, particularly in pandemic and post-pandemic contexts. Methodologically, the study is based on an analytical documentary review of scientific articles published in specialized social science journals, which were examined through a qualitative approach oriented toward the identification of recurring categories and interpretive patterns. The findings reveal a multilayered analytical architecture of technoviolence, composed of six interrelated dimensions: digital symbolic violence, cyberbullying and digital intimate partner violence, digitalized political violence, algorithmic violence, non-consensual dissemination and data vulnerability, and technopolitical resistance. Overall, the analysis indicates that processes of technoviolence do not operate in isolation, but rather complement and reinforce broader dynamics of violence, insecurity, and inequality in everyday life.