Changing Media Coverage of Violence Against Women

Morgan, Jenny; Simons, Margaret

doi:10.1080/17512786.2017.1366866

Cited by 19 publications

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“…There is now a wealth of research on news media representations of GBV. How news media frames GBV can contribute towards public (mis)understandings of this phenomena (Easteal et al, 2019;Harrington, 2018;Morgan & Simons, 2018;O'Hara, 2012;Waterhouse-Watson, 2016;Sutherland et al, 2017), the importance of which should not be understated, given that a large minority of the population adheres to problematic beliefs about GBV (Morgan & Simons, 2018;Smith et al, 2019). News media can also influence how survivors understand their own experiences.…”

Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Breen and colleagues (2017, p.255) suggest, this observation is important as "it points to editorial judgements being made about relevance or perceived news value." Thus, news media has the potential 'to interrupt and disrupt rape myths and dominant discourses on sexual violence' -the perpetuation of myths and stereotypes should not be viewed as an inevitability (Hindes & Fileborn, 2019, p.15; see also Morgan & Simons, 2018).…”

Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

confidence: 99%

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#MeToo in regional, rural and remote Australia: An analysis of regional newspapers reports profiling the movement

Loney-Howes¹,

Fileborn²

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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The #MeToo movement sparked a global conversation and moment of reckoning in relation to sexual violence. The hashtag campaign, developed from a tweet sent by actress Alyssa Milano (though the phrase was originally coined by African American activist Tarana Burke some decade earlier), provided a moment for survivors to share their experiences in a context in which they were perhaps more likely to be supported and believed. The #MeToo movement also created an opportunity to engage in a more productive dialogue about the causes and the challenges underpinning the prevention of gender-based violence. Yet, #MeToo has been subject to substantive critique, particularly in relation to modes of representation within media reporting. In addition, there is also little is known about how the #MeToo movement was impactful beyond major urban centres and resonated in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) locations. This article addresses both these issues drawing on a thematic analysis of 70 newspaper articles from RRR newspapers in Australia reporting on or responding to the #MeToo movement. While the data reveals some progressive approaches to documenting how the #MeToo movement impacted some RRR communities, as well as profiling some of the key challenges facing RRR communities in addressing gender-based violence, the specific voices represented in newspaper reporting, continues to reflect the perspectives of white, heterosexual women. We conclude by suggesting further research exploring the nature of reporting on #MeToo in other RRR spaces is needed to understand the full extent to which sexual violence is understood and represented. In addition, more specific work with survivors in RRR Australia and globally is vital to understand the dynamics and complexities of responding to and preventing sexual violence and the challenges associated with the geographies of speaking out.

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Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

confidence: 99%

#MeToo in regional, rural and remote Australia: An analysis of regional newspapers reports profiling the movement

Loney-Howes¹,

Fileborn²

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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“…I have identified four key limitations of reliance on police sources in the literature. In order of occurrence, these are: employing episodic framing to over simplify the event (Hernandez, 2018;Meyer, 2018;Sherizon, 1978;Simons & Morgan, 2018); viewing police as the only authentic, reliable, and verifiable source (Cullen, 2019;Hawley, 2018;Meyer, 2018);…”

Section: All Crimes Printed As Newsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…relying on police information as most accessible to meet journalistic reporting needs (Bullock, 2008;Hawley, 2018;Meyer, 2018); and mislabeling/not labeling acts as DV (Cullen et al, 2019;Simons & Morgan, 2018).…”

Section: All Crimes Printed As Newsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Erin Hawley and colleagues (2018) recognize that the primary source for DV incidents can change over time. The reliance on law enforcement as key sources in newspaper articles is related to the quick turn around time required by many news media outlets, particularly with the 24-hour news cycle and the dominances of online news (Cullen et al, 2019;Hawley et al, 2018;Simons & Morgan, 2018). It is not surprising that reliance on police sources is recognized as a theme across the literature as the majority of articles look at DV in print news media (Bullock, 2007;Bullock, 2008;Carlyle et al, 2008;Cullen et al, 2019;Easteal et al, 2019;Fairbairn & Dawson, 2013;Hawley et al, 2018;Hernandez, 2018;Isaacs, 2016;Jiwani, 2009;Lee & Wong, 2019;Lindsay-Brisbin et al, 2014;Lloyd & Ramon, 2017;Meloy & Miller, 2009;Smith et al, 2019;Wong & Lee, 2018).…”

Section: All Crimes Printed As Newsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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