News Coverage of Violence against Women: Engendering Blame / Edition 1

by Marian Meyers

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803956360
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/18/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)

Table of Contents

News, Violence and Women
News and the Mythology of Anti-Woman Violence
The Murder of a Battered Woman
Good Girls, Bad Girls and TV News
News of Self-Defense
‘Unusualness' and Crime News
Reforming the News
Conclusion