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- Title
Australian Media Messages: Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Intimate Homicides Involving Domestic Violence.
- Authors
Easteal, Patricia; Holland, Kate; Breen, Michelle Dunne; Vaughan, Cathy; Sutherland, Georgina
- Abstract
This study uses critical discourse analysis to examine news reporting of two cases of intimate partner violence in Australia. The fine-grained analysis of newswriting and news-editing practices focuses particularly on the lexical features and referential strategies used to represent the perpetrator and the victim, the crime, and the location of the crime. Findings show that reporting often omits social context, sensationalizes, and acts to shift blame in ways that do not increase public understanding of the nature of domestic violence. These results build on international findings and add to the evidence base about media reporting of violence against women.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; MASS media; DISCOURSE analysis; HOMICIDE; RESEARCH funding; INTIMATE partner violence
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 4, p441
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801218780364