News media on trial: towards a feminist ethics of reporting footballer sexual assault trials<sup>*</sup>

Waterhouse-Watson, Deb

doi:10.1080/14680777.2016.1162827

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“…A large body of work on reporting of rape and representations of women as rape victims shows that these have historically been presented by the news media in a misinformed manner, influenced by myths and misconceptions about the dynamics of sexual violence. The media have been found to blame victim-survivors of rape, create excuses for perpetrators (Meyers 1997;O'Hara 2012;Waterhouse-Watson 2016.…”

Section: Rape Genres and Celebritiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Silveirinha

Simões

Santos

2019

Journalism Practice

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This paper uses critical thematic analysis to explore the news media coverage of a rape allegation case against the football player Cristiano Ronaldo. After providing the context of the case, we examine the literature on how rape cases are represented by the news media. We then proceed to a critical thematic analysis of a purposive sample of Portuguese national newspapers, first identifying ten sub-themes in a total of 140 news stories and opinion columns and then considering the patterns of three critical themes that tended to dismiss the allegations, highlight the seriousness of the allegations and neutralize sexual victimization. Each of these considers prevailing ideologies, news values and journalistic practices.

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Section: Rape Genres and Celebritiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Silveirinha

Simões

Santos

2019

Journalism Practice

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“…This area has limited research, but Fadnis (2018) reported rape culture in Indian newsrooms. For instance, there is an overemphasis on false reporting, which consequently reinforces the stereotype that women are natural deceivers (Jordan, 2012;Waterhouse-Watson, 2016). Journalists also fail to acknowledge the existence of rape culture, specifically, the power dynamics involved in rape culture, as found in the Steubenville High School rape case (Pennington and Birthisel, 2016).…”

Section: Rape Culture In the Newsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reassessing balance: News coverage of Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal before and during #metoo

Blumell

Huemmer

2019

Journalism

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Sexual abuse became an important part of news coverage in the months leading up to Donald Trump's presidency and continued to dominate news cycles with the emergence of the #metoo movement. Yet, it remains to be seen whether the increasing amount of stories about sexual abuse have actually advanced social justice. We conducted content and textual analyses of newspaper, cable television, and online coverage of the Access Hollywood scandal before and during the #metoo movement (N = 1890) to understand how the journalistic objectivity norm of balance via issue dualism influenced reporting on sexual abuse. Television and right-leaning media had the highest levels of rape myth acceptance in their coverage for both time periods. The use of issue dualism advantaged Trump as Bill Clinton and other prominent accused men shifted focus away from Trump and largely overlooked the women coming forward against Trump. The objectivity norm of balance reduced and politicized this complex issue, as well as gave power to Trump's retaliation while minimizing the serious accusations that have been brought against him. Keywords #metoo, Access Hollywood tape, Donald Trump, issue dualism, news coverage, objectivity, rape myth acceptance #timesup (www.timesupnow.com) movements. 'Me too' was created by Tarana Burke in 2006 to give voice to survivors of sexual violence (www.metoomvmt.org). It became a popular hashtag after the Harvey Weinstein case (Farrow, 2017) broke in October 2017 (1 year after the Access Hollywood tape release). Since then, several powerful men have been implicated across many sectors in the entertainment, food, sports, news, and tech industries. In politics, nine US Congress members from both the Republican and Democratic parties have resigned so far in the wake of #metoo over allegations (Cranley, 2018)-a number which will most likely increase. Nevertheless, #metoo does not seem to have impacted Trump.

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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%

“…Unfortunately, much research points towards the role of news media in (re)producing myths and stereotypes about GBV in various forms (Easteal et al, 2019;O'Hara, 2012;Royal, 2019;Waterhouse-Watson, 2016). Framing of news stories on GBV can work to subtly or explicitly reproduce notions of the ideal or deserving victim, such as through reference to age, sexual experience, and assessments of whether the survivor acted appropriately (Breen et al, 2017;Easteal et al, 2019;Hindes & Fileborn, 2019;O'Hara, 2012).…”

Section: Media Reporting On Gbvmentioning

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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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News media on trial: towards a feminist ethics of reporting footballer sexual assault trials^*

Cited by 25 publications

References 27 publications

Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Reassessing balance: News coverage of Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal before and during #metoo

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

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News media on trial: towards a feminist ethics of reporting footballer sexual assault trials*

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Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Him Too? Cristiano Ronaldo and the News Coverage of a Rape Case Allegation

Reassessing balance: News coverage of Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal before and during #metoo

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

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News media on trial: towards a feminist ethics of reporting footballer sexual assault trials^*