ABSTRACT
With the heated discussion around #MeToo, journalistic reporting on domestic abuse, and the popularity of true crime documentaries, gendered media discourse around violence and harassment has never been more prominent.
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this important subject and is the first collection on media and violence to take a gendered, intersectional approach. Comprising over 50 chapters by a team of interdisciplinary and international contributors, the book is structured around the following parts:
- News
- Representing reality
- Gender-based violence online
- Feminist responses
The media examples examined range from Australia to Zimbabwe and span print and online news, documentary film and television, podcasts, pornography, memoir, comedy, memes, influencer videos, and digital feminist protest. Types of violence considered include domestic abuse, "honour"-based violence, sexual violence and harassment, female genital mutilation/cutting, child sexual abuse, transphobic violence, and the aftermath of conflict. Good practice is considered in relation to both responsible news reporting and pedagogy.
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence is essential reading for students and researchers in Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, and Criminology.
Chapter 30 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|172 pages
News
chapter 1|11 pages
“Sensational spikes” and “isolated incidents”
chapter 7|11 pages
Cruel benevolence
chapter 8|10 pages
Exploring US news media portrayals of girls' violence in the 1980s and 1990s
chapter 12|9 pages
The HIV man, Alexandra man and Hotboy
part 2|144 pages
Representing reality
chapter 17|10 pages
The politics of the traumatised voice
chapter 27|10 pages
Just a fantasy
chapter 28|10 pages
Patriarchal protectors of the national body
part 3|154 pages
Gender-based violence online
chapter 35|11 pages
Naming and framing the harms of cyberflashing
chapter 37|11 pages
Online child sexual exploitation in the news
chapter 40|10 pages
Online discourses of violence against men
chapter 41|10 pages
The curious case of Karen Carney
part 4|138 pages
Feminist responses