The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence

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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 Violenceis 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:NewsRepresenting realityGender-based violence onlineFeminist responsesThe 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.TheRoutledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violenceis 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 under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- (eds.)
Karen Boyle
Susan Berridge - Language
- English
- Series
- Routledge Companions to Gender
- ISBN
- 9781032061368
- Release date
- 2024