News Coverage of Violence against Women

News Coverage of Violence against Women
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9781452248950
ISBN-13 : 1452248958
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Book Synopsis News Coverage of Violence against Women by : Marian Meyers

Download or read book News Coverage of Violence against Women written by Marian Meyers and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1996-09-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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