News Coverage of Violence against Women: Engendering Blame

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News Coverage of Violence against Women: Engendering Blame

Name: News Coverage of Violence against Women: Engendering Blame
ISBN: 9780803956353

Marian Meyers

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Marian Meyers explores evidence that shows that news coverage in North American cities routinely depicts criminal violence against females differently from the way it depicts violence against males. She argues that this serves to perpetuate traditional, inegalitarian gender stereotyping.

Using original research and qualitative textual analysis, the author discloses the underlying ideology, myths and assumptions within news coverage, and points out the ways in which news broadcasting affects how we view the world and our lives. Meyers advocates a re-examination of crime news from a feminist perspective and a broadening of traditional understandings of the social construction of news to include issues of gender, race and clas

Категории:

Reference - Writing

Година:

1996

Издателство:

SAGE Publications, Inc

Език:

english

Страници:

138

ISBN 10:

0803956355